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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY 


DATA 


PRESENTED  TO  THE 


COMMITTEE  ON  FOREIGN  RELATIONS 
UNITED  STATES  SENATE 


SIXTY-SIXTH  CONGRESS 
first  session 

kelatingIto 

THE  TREATY  OF  PEACE  WITH  GERMANY 

PREPARED  BY 

Major  J.  RUBEN  CLARK,  Jr. 

Formerly  Solicitor  of  the  Department  of  State 


Printed  for  the  use  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations 


WASHINGTON 

GOVEUNMENT  TRINTING  OFFICE 

1919 


COMMITTEE  ON  FOREIGN  RELATIONS. 

HENKY  CABOT  LOIlflE,  Massachusetts,  Chairman. 

PORTER  J.  McCUMBER,  North  nakota.  GILBERT  M.  HITCHCOCK,  Nebraska. 

WILLIAM  E.  BORAH,  Idaho.  JOHN  SHARP  WILLLVMS,  MLssissippi. 

FRANK  B.  BRANDEGEE,  Conneoficut.  CLAUDE  A.  SWANSON,  Virginia. 

ALBERT  B.  FALL,  New  Mexico.  ATLEE   POMERENE,  Ohio. 

PHILANDER  C.  KNOX,  Pennsylvania.  MARCUS  A.  SMITH,  Arizona. 

WARREN  O.  HARDING,  Ohio.  KEY  PITTMAN,  Nevada. 

HIRAM  W.  JOHNSON,  California.  JOHN  K.  SHIELDS,  Tennessee. 
HARRY  S.  NEW,  Indiana. 
GEORGE    H.  MOSES,  New  Hampshire. 

C.  F.  Redmond,  Clerk. 


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CONTENTS. 

p»g«. 

Table  of  ceseions,  renouncemente,  etc.,  with  compensation  and  credits  allowed  therefor 1-30 

Notes 5 

I.  Elements  and  principles  of  German  responsibilities  and  liabilities 5-10 

Damages 5-6 

Restitution 7 

Application  of  German  assets,  priorities 7-8 

Property,  rights,  and  interests 8-9 

Waiver  of  claims  by  Germany 10 

II.  Absolute  cessions  or  renouncements  of  territory  by  Germany 10 

III.  Contingent  ceasiona  or  renouncements  of  territory  by  Germany 11 

IV.  Germany's  relinquishment  of  extraterritorial  and  analogous  rights 11-12 

V.  Germany's  acceptance  of  special  territorial  rights  and  acceptance  of  consequences 12 

V'l.  Germany  recognizes  independence  of,  boundaries,  and  frontiers  of  certain  states 12-13 

VII.  Germany  renounces  special  conventional  rights  outside  Europe 13 

V'lII.  Germany  consents  beforehand  to  any  new  treaties  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  may  make •.-:••  ^^ 

IX.  Germany  consents  to  abrogation  of  all  treaties  not  specially  reserved,  with  resulting  loss  of  all  advantages  appertaining 

thereto 15 

X.  German  property  turned  over,  surrendered,  etc 16-20 

1.  German  national  property,  imperial  and  state,  and  the  private  property  of  the  ex-emperor  and  other  royal  per- 

sonages  • 16-17 

2.  German  property,  national  or  private,  and  rights  therein,  such  as  national  resources,  etc 17 

National  resources 17 

Public  utilities,  including  railways 18 

Shipping,  ocean  and  inland 18-19 

Cables  and  telegraph 19-20 

PubUc  utilities,  concessions : 20 

XI .  Germany  to  issue  bonds,  deliver  up  gold,  cash  deposits,  securities,  etc 20-23 

Bonds 20-21 

Gold 21 

Cash  deposits  and  seOurities 21-22 

Control  of  financial  institutions 22 

XII.  Germany  agrees  to  restore  property  seized ,  or  taken ,  or  coming  into  Germany's  possession 22-23 

XIII.  Germany  undertakes  to  build  or  not  to  build  transportation  facilities 23 

XIV.  Germany  undertakes  to  deliver  material  or  manufactured  products 24-25 

XV.  Germany  accepts  following  conditions,  etc.,  as  to  her  external  commerce 25-27 

Duties,  charges,  prohibitions,  and  restrictions 25 

Reciprocity  treaties 25 

Customs  provisions 25-26 

Shipping 26 

Unfau-  competition 27 

Treatment  of  nationals  of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers 27 

XVI.  Germany  accepts  restrictions  on  inland  commerce  and  navigation 27-30 

Freedom  of  transit 27-28 

Importations  and  exportations 27 

Free  zones 28 

Internationalization  of  waterways 28-29 

Railway  provisions 29-30 

Kiel  Canal 30 

Memorandum  No.  1.  Special  obligations  of  Germany  relating  to  Alsace-Lorraine 31 

Memorandum  No.  2.  Reduction  of  military,  naval,  and  air  forces,  and  fortifications 31-33 

Memorandum  No.  3.  List  of  commissions  and  analogous  bodies 33-36 

Memorandum  No.  4.  The  Reparation  Commission 36-38 

Memorandum  No.  5.  Clearing  offices,  and  property,  rights,  and  interests  of  nationals  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties 38-42 

Memorandum  No.  6.  Mixed  arbitral  tribunal 42 

Memorandum  No.  7.  Additional  conventions  to  be  made  under  the  'Treaty 42-43 

Memorandum  No.  8.  Conventions  or  agreements  which  the  Treaty  recites  have  been  made,  but  which  have  not  been  submitted 

[art.  319,  p.  433). . . .' 43 

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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TKEATY. 


TABLE  OF  CESSIONS,  RENOUNCEMENTS,  GRANTS,  DELIVERIES,  RELEASES,  WAIVERS,  RECOGNITIONS, 
OBLIGATIONS,  AND  UNDERTAKINGS  BY  GERMANY,  AND  OF  COMPENSATION  FOR  AND  CREDITS 
AGAINST  THE  SAME,  UNDER  THE  TREATY  ON  VERSAILLES. 

NOTES. 

Note  1.  The  'Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers"  are  the  United  States,  France,  Great  Britain, 
Italy,  and  Japan.  The  "Allied  and  Associated  Powers"  are  the  foregoing  powers  and  all  others  signatory  of 
the  Treaty,  except  Germany.  The  "High  Contracting  Parties"  are  all  signatories  of  the  Treaty.  It  is  not 
clear  who  are  designated  as  "Allies." 

Note  2.  The  page  references  first  given  arc  to  the  two-language  text  (Senate  Doc.  51,66th  Cong.,  1st  sess.). 
The  italic  page  references  are  to  the  English  text  (Senate  Doc.  49,  66th  Cong.,  1st  sess.). 

Note  3.  The  table  below  is  designed  to  show  side  bj-  side  tlie  property  or  rights  giv^en  up  by  Germany, 
whether  it  be  territory  ceded  or  renounced,  obligations  assumed  or  acknowledged,  riglits  renounced  or  abrogated, 
rights  recognized,  or  property  rights  surrendered  (placed  in  the  left-hand  column) ;  and  the  credit,  if  any  allowed, 
for  such  property  on  tlie  general  reparation  account  (placed  in  the  right-hand  column).  As  to  items  as  to  which 
it  is  expressly  provided  that  credit  shall  be  given,  it  is  so  statetl  in  the  right-hand  column  opposite  the  item. 
If  it  is  expressly  provided  in  the  Treaty  that  no  credit  shall  be  given,  this  also  is  stated  in  that  column.  When 
the  matter  is  tloubtful,  a  question  mark  is  placed  in  that  column,  after  the  entry.  If  no  entry  at  all  is  made 
in  the  credit  column,  it  means  nothing  has  been  found  in  the  Treaty  to  indicate  that  any  credit  at  all  shall  be 
given. 

Note  4.  Speaking  broadly  and  generally  the  theory  of  the  Treaty,  in  tlie  matter  of  the  making  up  by 
Germany  of  damages  and  losses,  appears  to  be  this:  Restitution  shall  be  made  of  all  AUied  and  Associated 
property  taken  by  or  coming  into  the  possession  of  Germany  since  the  war  began,  if  the  property  is  now  in 
existence.  In  addition  to  this,  reparation  shall  be  made  for  property  lost  or  destroyed  and  for  civilian  personal 
uijuries  caused  by  the  war.  The  Reparation  Commission  is  to  make  the  adjustment  for  this,  seemingly  by 
making  one  bill  against  Germany  covering  everything  and  by  then  giving  on  this  accomit  credit  for  the  assets 
turned  over  by  Germany  for  which  credit  is  to  be  aUowed.  No  credit  is  allowed  for  the  proportion  of  public 
debt  assumed  by  cessionaries  of  territory. 

Note  5.  The  Treaty  also  provides  for  the  liquidation  of  all  German  property  in  Allied  and  Associated 
countries,  and  of  the  property  of  all  nationals  of  such  Powere  in  Germany,  including  the  private  securities  lield 
in  Gcmiany  of  companies  of  AUied  and  Associated  Powers.  AH  cash  assets  of  such  liciuidation  held  by  an  Allied 
or  Associated  Power  go  to  the  pa3Tnent  of  claims  (in  respect  of  property,  rights,  and  interests)  against  Germany 
by  the  Power's  nationals,  the  balance,  if  retained  by  the  Power,  is  to  be  paid  to  the  Reparation  Commission 
and  credited  on  the  reparation  account. 

I.  ELEMENTS  AND  PRINCIPLES  OF  GERMAN  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  LIABILITIES. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


DAMAGES. 


Germany  accepts  the  responsibilities  of  Germany  and  her  allies  for 
causmg  all  the  loss  and  damage  to  which  the  AUied  and  Associated  Gov- 
ernments and  their  nationals  have  been  subjected  as  a  consequence  of  the 
war  imposed  upon  them  by  the  aggression  of  Germany  and  her  AUies. 
(Art.  231,  p.  249;  p.  91.) 

Germany  undertakes  that  she  will  make  compensation  for  all  damage 
done  to  the  civilian  population  of  the  AUied  and  Associated  Powers  and 
to  their  property  during  the  period  of  the  beUigerency  of  each  as  an  Allied 
or  Associated  Power  agamst  German v  by  such  aggression  by  land,  by 
sea,  and  from  the  air.  (Art.  232,  p.  249;  p.  91.)  The  amount  of  such 
damage  for  which  compensation  shall  be  made  is  to  be  determined  by  the 
Reparation  Commission  and  notified  to  Germanv.  (Art.  233,  p.  251; 
p.  92.)  _  _  •  .  H  ,  I 

Comjiensation  may  be  claimed  from  Germany  for  damages  under  fol-  | 
lowing  heads  (Art.  244,  Annex  I,  p.  259;  p.  95):  \ 

(1)  Damage  to  injured  persons  and  to  surviving  dependents  by  per-  i 
sonal  injury  to  or  death  of  civUians  caused  by  acts  of  war,  including  bora-  \ 
bardments  or  other  attacks  on  land,  on  sea,  or  from  the  air,  and  aU  the  i 
direct  consequences  thereof,  and  of  all  operations  of  war  hy  the  two  groups  "' 
of  belligerents  wherever  arising. 


('redit  allowed  for  same. 


"The  following  shall  be  reckoned 
as  credits  to  Germany  in  respect  of 
her  reparation  obligations: 

"  (a)  Any  final  balance  in  favor 
of  Germany  under  Section  V  (Al- 
sace-Ijorraine)  of  Part  III  (Political 
Clauses  for  Europe)  and  Sections 
III  and  IV  of  Part  X  (Economic 
Clauses)  of  the  present  treaty: 

"  (6)  Amounts  due  to  Germany 
ui  respect  of  transfers  under  Sec- 
tion rV  (Saar  Basin)  of  Part  III 
(political  clauses  for  Europe),  Part 
IX  (financial  clauses)  and  Part  XII 
(ports,   watei-ways,   and  railways); 

"  (c)  Amounts  which  ui  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Reparation  Commis- 
sion should  be  credited  to  Germany 
on  account  of  any  other  transfers 
under  the  present  Treaty  of  prop- 


;>  ;  DATA   ON    GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 

I.  ELEMENTS  AND  PBINCIPLES  OF   GERMAN  BESPONSIBILITIES  AND  LIABILITIES— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


DAMAGES — continued. 

(2)  Damage  by  Germany  or  her  Allies  caused  to  civilian  victims  by 
acts  of  cruelty,  violence,  or  maltreatment  (including  injuries  to  life  or 
health  as  a  consequence  of  imprisonment,  deportation,  internment,  or 
evacuation,  of  exposure  at  sea  or  of  being  forced  to  labor),  wherever 
arising,  and  to  the  surviving  dependents  of  such  victims. 

(3)  Damage  caused  by  Germany  or  Tier  Allies,  in  their  own  territory  or 
in  occupied  or  invaded  territory  to  civilian  victims  of  all  acts  injurious  to 
health  or  capacity  to  work  or  to  honor,  as  well  »is  to  surviving  depend- 
ents of  such  victims. 

(4)  Damage  caused  by  any  kind  of  maltreatment  of  prisoners  of  war. 

(5)  As  damages  caused  to  the  peoples  of  the  Allied  and  Associated 
Powere,  all  pensions  and  compensations  in  the  nature  of  pensions  to  naval 
and  military  victims  of  war  (mcluding  members  of  the  air  force),  whether 
mutilated,  wounded,  sick,  or  invalided,  and  to  the  dependents  of  such 
victims,  the  amount  due  to  the  ^yiied  and  Associated  Governments  being 
calculated  for  each  of  them  as  being  the  capitalized  cost  of  such  pensions 
and  compensation  at  the  date  of  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present 
treaty  on  the  basis  of  the  scales  in  force  in  France  at  such  date. 

(6)  The  cost  of  assistance  by  the  Governments  of  the  Allied  and  Asso- 
ciated Powers  to  prisoners  of  war  and  to  their  families  and  dependents. 

(7)  Allowances  by  the  Governments  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Pow- 
ers to  the  families  and  dependents  of  mobilized  persons  or  persons  serving 
with  the  forces,  the  amount  due  to  them  for  each  calendar  year  in  which 
hostilities  occurred  being  calcidated  for  each  Government  on  the  basis  of 
the  average  scale  for  such  payments  in  force  in  France  during  that  year. 

(8)  Damage  caused  to  civilians  by  being  forced  by  Germany  or  her 
allies  to  labor  without  just  remuneration. 

(9)  Damage  in  respect  of  all  property  wherever  situated  belonging  to 
any  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  States  or  their  nationals,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  naval  and  military  works  or  materials,  which  have  been  carried 
off,  seized,  injured,  or  destroyed  iy  the  acts  of  Germany  or  her  allies  on 
land,  on  sea,  or  from  the  air,  or'  damage  directly  in  consequence  of  hostili- 
ties or  of  any  o'perations  of  war. 

(10)  Damage  in  the  form  of  levies,  fines,  and  other  similar  exactions 
imposed  by  Germany  or  her  Allies  upon  the  civilian  population. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


"The  measures  whii^h  the  ^Ulied  and  Associated  Powers  shall  have  the 
right  to  take,  in  case  of  volimtary  default  by  Germany,  and  whicli  Ger- 
many agrees  not  to  regard  as  acts  of  war,  mav  include  economic  and 
flnancial  prohibitions  and  reprisals  and  in  general  such  other  measures  as 
the  respective  Governments  may  determine  to  be  necessary  in  the  cir- 
cumstances."    (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  18,  p.  275;  p.  101.) 


Damage  for  repairing,  reconstructing,  and  rebuilding  property  in  the 
invaded  and  devastated  districts,  including  reinstallation  of  furniture, 
machinery,  and  other  equipment,  will  be  calculated  according  to  the  cost 
at  the  dates  when  the  work  is  done.  (Art.  244,  Annex  II.  par.  12  (e), 
p.  269;  p.  99.) 

Interest  shall  be  debited  to  Germany  as  from  May  1,  1921,  in  respect  of 
lier  debt  as  determined  by  the  Commission,  after  allowing  for  sums  al- 
ready covered  by  cash  payments  or  their  equivalent,  or  by  bonds  issued 
to  the  Commission,  or  under  Article  243.  The  rate  of  interest  shall  be  5 
j)er  cent  imless  the  Commission  shall  determine  at  some  future  time  that 
circumstances  justify  a  variation  of  this  rate. 

The  Commission,  in  fixing  on  May  1,  1921,  the  total  amount  of  the  debt 
of  Germany,  may  take  accomit  of  interest  due  on  sums  arising  out  of  the 
reparation  of  material  damage  as  from  November  11,  1918,  up  to  May  1, 
1921.     (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  16,  p.  273;  f.  100.) 


erty,  rights,  concessions,  or  other 
interests. 

"In  no  case,  however,  shall  credit 
be  given  for  property  restored  in 
accordance  with  Article  238  of  the 
present  part."  (Art.  243,  p.  257; 
p.  94.) 

Article  238  relates  to  the  restitu- 
tion of  cash  or  the  identical  prop- 
erty taken  from  the  Allied  or  As- 
sociated Powers. 

And  see  Ai-ticle  250,  p.  307,  p. 
112. 


Germany  shall  be  given  credit  on 
the  Reparation  Account  for  the 
value  as  assessed  by  the  Repara- 
tion Commission  of  material  handed 
over  under  Article  VII  of  the  Armi- 
stice of  November  11,  1918,  and  Ar- 
ticle III  of  the  Armistice  Agreement 
of  January  16,  1919,  and  for  any 
other  material  handed  over  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  Armistice  of  No- 
vember 11,  1918,  and  all  subse- 
quent Armistice  .(Vgreements.  for 
which,  as  having  nonmilitarj^  value 
credit  shoiUd,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Reparation  Commission,  be  allowed 
to  the  German  Government.  (Ar- 
ticle 250,  p.  307;  p.  112.) 


DATA  ON   GERMAN   PEACE  TBEATY. 
I.  ELEMENTS  AND  PRINCIPLES  OF  QEBMAN  BESPONSIBILITIES  AND  LIABILITIES— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


RESTITUTION. 

Restitution  in  cash  of  cash  taken  away,  seized,  or  sequestered;  and  res- 
titution of  animals,  objects  of  every  nature  and  securities  taken  away, 
seized,  or  sequestrated,  in  the  cases  in  which  it  proves  possible  to  identity 
them  in  territory  belonging  to  Germany  or  her  allies.  (Art.  238,  p.  255; 
V-  9S.) 

Germany  undertakes  to  devote  her  economic  resources  directly  to  the 
physical  restoration  of  the  invaded  areas  of  the  Allied  and  Associated 
Powers  to  the  extent  that  these  Powers  may  determine  (art.  244,  An- 
nex  IV,  par.  1,  p.  283;  p.  104)  and  to  make  direct  application  of  Ger- 
many's economic  resources  to  reparation  as  specified  in  Annexes  III,  IV, 
V,  and  VI  (Part  VIII,  sec.  1)  relating,  respectively,  to  merchant  shipping, 
to  physical  restoration,  to  coal  and  derivatives  of  coal,  and  to  dyestuflfs 
ancf  other  chemical  products.     (Art.  236,  p.  253;  p.  93.) 

Whatever  part  of  the  full  amount  of  the  proved  claims  is  not  paid  in 
gold,  or  in  ships,  securities  and  commodities  or  otherwise,  Germany  shall 
be  required,  under  such  conditions  as  the  Commission  may  determine,  to 
cover  ny  way  of  guarantee  by  an  equivalent  issue  of  bonds,  obligations  or 
otherwise,  in  order  to  constitute  an  acknowledgment  of  the  said  part  of 
the  debt.     (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  12  (a),  p.  267;  p.  98.) 

APPLICATION   OF   GERMAN    ASSETS. 
PBIOHITIBS. 

"Subject  to  such  exceptions  as  the  Reparation  Commission  may  ap- 
prove, the  first  charge  upon  all  the  assets  and  revenues  of  the  German 
Empire  and  its  constituent  states  shall  be  the  cost  of  reparation  and  all 
other  costs  arising  under  the  present  Treaty,  or  any  treaties  or  agree- 
ments supplementary  thereto  or  under  arrangements  concluded  between 
Germany  and  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  during  the  Armistice  or 
its  extensions. 

"Up  to  May  1,  1921,  the  German  Government  shall  not  export  or  dis- 
pose of,  and  shall  forbid  the  export  or  disposal  of,  gold  without  the  previ- 
ous approval  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  acting  through  the 
Reparation  (yommission."     (Art.  248,  p.  305;  p.  HI.) 

"The  priority  of  charges  established  by  Article  248  shall,  subject  to  the 
qualifications  made  below,  be  as  follows: 

"  (a)  The  cost  of  the  armies  of  occupation  as  defined  under  Article  249 
during  the  Armistice  and  its  extensions. 

"  (6)  The  cost  of  any  armies  of  occupation  as  defined  under  Article  249 
after  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present  treaty. 

"  (c)  The  cost  of  reparation  arising  out  of  the  present  treaty  or  any 
treaties  or  conventions  supplementary  thereto. 

"  (d)  The  cost  of  all  other  obligations  incumbent  on  Germany  under  the 
Ai-mistice  Conventions  or  under  this  Treaty  or  any  treaties  or  conven- 
tions supplementary  thereto. 

"The  payment  for  such  supplies  of  food  and  raw  material  for  Germany 
and  such  other  payments  as  may  be  judged  by  the  Allied  and  Associated 
Powers  to  be  essential  to  enable  Germany  to  meet  her  obligations  in  re- 
spect of  reparation  will  have  priority  to  the  extent  and  upon  the  condi- 
tions which  have  been  or  may  be  determined  by  the  Governments  of  the 
said  Powers."     (Art.  251,  pp.  307-309;  p.  112.) 

The  foregoing  provisions  do  not  affect  the  rights  of  the  Allied  and  As- 
sociated Powers  to  dispose  of  enemy  assets  and  property  within  their  re- 
spective jurisdictions.     (Art.  252,  p".  309;  p.  113.) 

"Nothmg  in  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  prejudice  in  any  manner 
charges  or  mortgages  lawfully  effected  in  favor  of  the  Allied  or  Associ- 
ated Powers  or  their  nationals  respectively,  before  the  date  at  which  a 
state  of  war  existed  between  Germany  and  the  Allied  or  Associated 
Power  concerned,  by  the  German  Empire  or  its  constituent  states,  or  by 


No  credit  on  compensation  ac- 
count. (Art.  243,  p.  257;  p.  94; 
Art.  250,  p.  307;  p.  112.) 


"  The  value  of  the  property  trans- 
ferred and  any  services  rendered  by 
her  under  these  Annexes  (Part 
VIII)  assessed  in  the  manner  there- 
in prescribed,  shall  be  credited  to 
her  (Germany)  towards  liquidation 
of  her  obligations  under  the  above 
articles."     (Art.  236,  p.  253;  p.  93.) 


DATA   ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 
1.  ELEMENTS  AND  PRINCIPLES  OF  GERMAN  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  LIABILITIES— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


APPLICATION  OF  GERMAN  ASSETS — Continued. 
PRIORITIES — continued. 

German  nationals,  on  assets  in  their  ownership  at  that  date."     (Art.  253, 
p.  309;  p.  lis.) 

The  successive  installments  paid  over  by  Germany  in  satisfaction  of 
the  claims  will  be  divided  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Governments  in 
proportions  which  have  been  determuied  upon  by  them  in  advance  on  a 
basis  of  general  equitv  and  of  the  rights  of  each.     (Art.  237,  p.  253;  p. 

93.) 

PROPERTY,  RIGHTS,   AND    INTEREST. 

The  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  reserve  the  right  (subject  to  contrary 
stipulations  in  the  Treaty)  to  retain  and  liquidate  all  property,  rights,  and 
interests  belonging  at  the  date  of  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present 
treaty  to  German  nationals,  or  companies  controlled  by  them,  within  their 
territories,  colonies,  possessions,  and  protectorates,  including  territories 
ceded  to  them  by  the  present  treaty.  (Art.  297,  p.  367:  p.  134;  find  see 
also  Art.  252,  p.  309;  p.  US.)  Tliis  api)lies  to  industrial,  literary,  and 
artistic  property  dealt  with  under  war  legislation  by  the  Allied  and  Asso- 
ciated Powers  (Ai-t.  298,  Aimex,  par.  15,  p.  385;  p.  l-'iD,  but  rights  of 
industrial,  literary,  and  artistic  property  not  so  treated  shall  be  restored, 
and  rights  which  would  have  been  established  except  for  the  war  shall 
be  recognized  and  established  (Art.  306,  j)p.  415,  417;  p.  152).  The  Ger- 
man owner  shall  not  be  able  to  dispose  of  such  property,  rights,  or  inter- 
ests nor  to  subject  them  to  any  charge  without  the  consent  of  that  stat«. 
(Art.  297  (6),  p.  367;  p.  134.)  Until  the  completion  of  the  hquidation 
so  provided  for,  the  property,  rights,  and  interests  of  Gorman  nationals 
will  continue  to  hn  subject  to  exceptional  war  measures  that  have  been  or 
will  be  taken  with  regard  to  them.  (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  9,  p.  381;  p. 
139.) 

The  nationals  of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  shall  be  entitled  to  com- 
pensation in  respect  of  damage  and  injury  inflicted  upon  their  property, 
rights,  or  interests,  including  any  comi)any  or  association  in  which  they 
are  interested  in  German  territory  as  it  existed  on  August  1,  1914,  by  the 
application  either  of  the  exceptional  war  measures  or  measures  of  transfer 
mentioned  in  paragraphs  1  and  2  of  the  Annex  hereto.  This  compensa- 
tion shall  be  borne  by  Germany,  and  may  be  charged  upon  the  property 
of  German  nationals  within  the  territory  of  or  under  the  control  of  the 
claimant's  state,  which  proport^'lnay  be  constituted  as  a  pledge  for  enemy 
liabilities  under  the  conditions  fixed  by  paragraph  4  of  the  Annex  thereto. 
The  ])ayment  of  this  compensation  may  be  made  by  the  Allied  or  Asso- 
ciated state,  and  the  amount  will  be  debited  to  Germany.  (Art.  297  (e), 
p.  369;  p.  134.) 

All  property  rights  and  interests  of  German  nationals  withui  the  terri- 
tory 01  any  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  and  the  net  proceeds  of  their  sale, 
liquidation,  or  other  dealing  therewith,  may  be  charged  by  that  Allied  or 
Associated  Power  in  the  first  place  with  payment  of  amounts  due  in 
respect  of  claims  by  the  nationals  of  that  Allied  or  Associated  Power  with 
regard  to  their  property,  rights,  and  interests,  including  companies  and 
associations  in  which  they  are  interested  in  German  territory,  or  debts 
owing  to  them  by  German  nationals,  and  with  payment  of  claims  growing 
out  of  acts  committed  by  the  German  Government  or  by  any  German 
authorities  since  July  31,  1914,  and  before  that  xVllied  or  Associated  Power 
entered  into  the  war.  The  amount  of  such  claims  may  be  assessed  by  an 
arbitrator  appointed  by  Mr.  Gustave  Ador,  or  he  being  unwilling,  by  the 
Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal.  They  may  be  chargetl  in  the  second  place  with 
payment  of  the  amounts  due  in  respect  of  claims  by  the  nationals  of  such 
Allied  or  Associated  Power  with  regard  to  their  property,  rights,  and 
interests,  within  the  territory  of  other  enemy  powers  in  so  far  as  those 
claims  are  other\visc  unsatisfied.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  4,  p.  379;  p.  138). 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


Price  or  amount  of  comjiensation 
fixed  in  accordance  with  the  meth- 
ods of  sale  or  valuation  adopted  by 
the  laws  of  the  country  in  which  the 
propertv  has  been  retained  or  liqui- 
dated. ^(Art.  297  ic),  p.  367:  p. 
134.) 

No  credit  oji  comjiensation  ac- 
count for  the  product  of  the  licjuida- 
tion  of  the  property  covered  by 
these  sections,  except  in  so  far  as 
concerns  any  final  balance  in  favor 
of  Germanv  under  Article  243. 
(Art.  242,  p".  257;  p.  94.) 


Compensation  shall  be  deter- 
mined l)y  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tri- 
bunal provided  for  in  Section  VI  or 
by  an  arbitrator  appointed  by  that 
Tribunal.  (Art.  297  (e),  p.  369; 
p.  134;  and  see  Art.  298,  Annex,  p. 
4,  p.  379;  p.  138,  opposite  column 
below.) 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 
ELEMENTS  AND  PRINCIPLES  OF  GERMAN  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  LIABILITIES— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


PROPERTY,    RIGHTS,    AND    INTEREST COntillUed. 

Each  of  the  AUicd  and  Associated  Powers  reserves  the  right  to  impose 
limitations  on  industrial,  literary,  or  artistic  property,  acquired  before  or 
during  the  war,  or  hereafter,  of  a  character  deemed  necessary  by  the  Power 
for  national  defense  or  the  public  interest,  or  except  as  to  rights  hereafter 
acquired,  as  a  coercive  or  preventative  measure  against  Germany,  or  for 
securing  performance  of  the  obligations  of  the  present  Treaty.  But  these 
provisions  shall  not  apply  to  properties  dealt  with  under  war  measures. 
(Art.  306,  p.  419;  p.  152.)  Rights  lapsed  on  account  of  nonperformance 
of  any  formality  because  of  the  war  snail  be  revived.  (Art.  307,  p.  421; 
f.  153.)     Such  revival  to  be  subject  to  regulations  of  war  time. 

Rights  of  priority  as  to  such  property  shall  be  extended.  (Art.  308, 
p.  421;  p.  153.) 

Any  claim  for  compensation  in  respect  of  damage  or  injury  to  property, 
rights,  or  interests  by  the  application  of  measures  of  transfer  shall  be  satis- 
fied by  the  restitution  of  the  said  property,  if  it  still  exists  in  specie  (Art. 
297  (f),  p.  369;  p.  135) ;  but  such  right  of  restitution  is  reserved  to  owners 
who  are  nationals  of  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  within  whose  territory 
legislative  measures  prescribing  the  general  liquidation  of  enemy  prop- 
erty, rights,  or  interests  were  not  applied  before  the  signature  of  the 
Armistice,     (id.  (g)  p.  371;  p.  135.) 

Up  to  the  time  when  restitution  is  carried  out  under  Article  297,  Ger- 
many is  responsible  for  the  conservation  of  property,  rights,  and  interests 
of  the  nationals  of  allied  and  associated  powei-s,  including  companies  and 
associations  in  which  they  are  interested  that  have  been  subjected  by  her 
to  exceptional  war  measures.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  6,  p.  381;  p.  139.) 

All  investments,  wheresoever  effected,  with  the  cash  assets  of  nationals 
of  the  High  Contracting  Parties,  including  companies  and  associations 
in  which  such  nationals  were  interested,  by  persons  responsible  for  the 
administration  of  enemy  properties  or  having  control  over  such  adminis- 
tration, or  by  order  of  such  persons  or  of  any  authority  whatsoever  shall 
be  annulled.  These  cash  assets  shall  be  accounted  for  irrespective  of  any 
investment.  (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  12,  p.  383;  ».  I4O;  Art.  306,  p.  417; 
p.  161.) 

Germany  undertakes  to  transfer  to  any  Power  to  which  German  terri- 
tory in  Europe  is  ceded  and  to  any  Power  administering  former  German 
territory  as  a  mandatory,  under  Article  22  of  Part  I  (League  of  Nations) 
such  portion  of  the  reserves  accumulated  by  the  Government  of  the 
German  Empire  or  of  German  states,  or  by  public  or  private  organizations 
under  their  control,  as  is  attributable  to  the  carrying  on  of  social  or  state 
insurance  in  such  territory,  the  funds  transferred  to  be  applied  to  the 
performance  of  obligations  arising  from  such  insurance.  (Art.  312,  p.  427 : 
p.  165.) 

Without  prejudice  to  other  announcements  in  the  Treaty  the  Repara- 
tion Commission  may  within  one  year  from  the  coming  into  force  of  the 
Treaty  dernand  that  the  German  Government  shall  become  possessed  of 
rights  and  interests  of  German  nationals  in  any  public  utility,  undertaking 
or  in  any  concession,  operating  in  Russia,  China,  Turkey,  Austria, 
Hungary,  and  Bulgaria  or  in  the  possessions  or  dependencies  of  these 
states  or  in  any  territory  formerly  belonging  to  Germany  or  her  allies,  to 
be  ceded  by  Germany  or  her  allies  to  any  power  or  to  be  administered  by 
a  mandatory  under  the  present  Treaty,  and  may  require  that  the  German 
Government  transfer,  within  six  months  of  the  date  of  demand,  all  such 
rights  and  interests  and  any  similar  rights  and  interests  the  German 
Government  may  itself  possess  to  the  Reparation  Commission.  (Art.  260, 
p.  317;  p.  116.)  The  provisions  of  this  article  apply  in  the  case  of  all 
agreements  concluded  with  German  nationals  for  the  construction  or 
exploitation  of  German  works  in  the  German  oversea  possessions,  as  well 
as  any  sub-concessions  or  contracts  resulting  therefrom  which  may  have 
been  made  to  or  with  such  nationals.  (Art.  123,  p.  171;  p.  63.) 
132324—19 2 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


Credit  given  on  reparation  ac- 
count for  the  value  assessed  by  the 
Reparation  Commission  of  the 
transferred  rights.  (Art.  260,  p. 
317;  p.  116.) 


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DATA   ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 
I.  ELEMENTS  AND  PEINCIPLES  OF  GERMAN  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  LIABILITIES— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


WAIVER    OF    CLAIMS    BY    GERMANY. 

To  China  and  any  Allied  or  Associated  Government: 

All  claims  arising  out  of  the  internment  of  German  nationals  in  China 
and  their  repatriation,  and  all  claims  arising  out  of  the  capture  and 
condemnation  of  German  ships  in  China  or  the  liquidation,  sequestration, 
or  control  of  German  property  rights  and  interests  in  that  country  since 
August  14,  1917.  (Art.  133,  p.  177;  p.  65.)  Rights  of  individuals  are 
protected  under  Part  X  of  the  Treaty  (id.). 

To  Siam: 

Germany  waives  all  claims  against  the  Siamese  Government  on  behalf 
of  herself  and  her  nationals  arising  out  of  the  seizures  and  condemnation 
of  German  ships,  the  liquidation  of  German  property,  or  the  internment 
of  German  nationals  in  Siam.  (Art.  137,  p.  179;  p.  66.)  Rights  of  indi- 
viduals are  protected  under  Part  X  of  the  Treaty  (id.). 

To  Allied  and  Associated  Governments: 

Germany  waives  all  claims  of  any  description  against  the  Allied  and 
Associated  Governments  and  their  nationals  in  respect  of  the  detention, 
employment,  loss,  or  damage  of  any  German  ships  or  boats,  exception 
being  made  of  payments  due  in  respect  of  the  employment  of  ships  in 
conformity  with  the  Armistice  Agreement  of  January  13,  1919,  and  sub- 
sequent agreements. 

Germany  waives  all  claims  to  vessels  or  cargoes  sunk  by  or  in  conse-. 
quence  of  naval  action  and  subsequently  salved,  in  which  any  of  the 
Allied  or  Associated  Governments  or  their  nationals  may  have  any  inter- 
est either  as  owner,  charterer,  insurer,  or  otherwise,  notwithstanding  any 
decree  of  condemnation  which  may  have  been  made  by  a  prize  court  of 
Germany  or  her  alHes.  (Art.  244,  Annex  III,  pars.  8-9,  pp.  281-283;  pp. 
103-104.) 

No  claims  or  indemnities  which  may  result  from  the  annulment  of 
concessions,  privileges,  and  favors  of  any  kind  granted  since  August  1, 
1914,  to  Germany  or  to  a  German  national  by  Russia  or  a  state  or  gov- 
ernment of  which  the  territory  formerly  constituted  a  part  of  Russia, 
shall  be  charged  against  the  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  or  the  powers  or 
states,  governments,  or  public  authorities  which  are  released  from  their 
engagements  by  the  present  article.     (Art.  293,  p.  345;  p.  126.) 

Without  prejudice  to  the  provisions  of  the  present  treaty  Germany 
undertakes  not  to  put  forward  directly  or  indirectly  against  any  allied 
or  associated  power  signatory  of  the  present  Treaty,  including  those 
which,  without  having  declared  war,  have  broken  off  diplomatic  relations 
with  the  German  Empire,  any  pecuniary  claims  based  on  events  which 
occurred  at  any  time  before  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present  Treaty. 
The  present  stipulation  will  bar  completely  and  finally  all  claims  of  this 
nature,  which  will  be  thenceforward  extinguished  whoever  may  be  the 
parties  in  interest.     (Art.  439,  p.  535;  p.  193.) 

No  claim  shall  be  made  or  action  brought  by  Germany  or  German 
nationals  in  respect  of  any  industrial,  literary,  or  artistic  property  used 
during  the  war  by  any  Allied  or  Associated  Power  or  the  nationals  thereof, 
nor  in '  respect  of  any  sale,  offering  for  sale,  or  use  of  any  products,  arti- 
cles, or  apparatus  whatsoever  to  which  such  rights  applied.  (Art.  306, 
p.  417;  p.  152.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


DATA  ON  GEEMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 
II.  ABSOLUTE  CESSIONS  OE.  RENOUNCEMENTS  OF  TERRITORY  BY  GERMANY. 


11 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


TERRITORY    CEDED. 


To  Belgium: 

Morsenet  neutre.     (Art.  32,  p.  55;  p.  21.) 
Prussian  Morsenet.     (Art.  33,  p.  55;  p.  21.) 

To  France: 

Alsace-Lorraine.     (Art.  51,  p.  93;  j).  35.) 


To  Czechoslovak  State: 

Small  area  in  Southeastern  Silesia.     (Art.  83,  p.  119;  j}.  44-) 

To  Poland:  _/ 

Considerable  portions  of  Eastern  Germ  any,  (seemingly  German  Poland) 
(boundaries  cannot  be  followed  on  maps  available).     (Art.  87,  p.  123; 
p.  46.)    . 


To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Free  city  of  Danzig,  with  adjacent  surrounding  territory  (Art.  100, 
p.  149;  p.  55),  to  be  placed  under  the  protection  of  the  League  of  Nations. 
(Art.  102,  p.  151;  p.  56.) 

To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

All  Germany's  rights  and  titles  over  her  oversea  possessions.  (Art.  1 1 9, 
p.  169;  p.  63.) 

To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 
Memel.     (Art.  99,  p.  147;  p.  55.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


No  compensation  beyond  the  as- 
sumption oy  the  cessionary  of  a  por- 
tion of  the  German  pre-war  debt  in  an 
amount  equal  to  that  represented  by 
the  ratio  between  the  pre-war  reve- 
nues of  the  ceded  area  and  the  total 
revenues  of  the  Empire  or  states, 
respectively.  (Art.  254,  p.  309; 
p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account, 
but  debt  assumed.  (Art.  39,  p.  59; 
p.  34;  Art.  254,  p.  309;  p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account, 
and  debt  not  assumed.  (Art.  55, 
p.  95;  p.  36;  Art.  255,  p.  311; 
p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account, 
but  debt  assumed.  (Art.  254,  p. 
309;  p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account, 
but  debt  assumed,  minus  that  por- 
tion thereof  which  represents  cost 
of  German  colonization  of  Poland. 
(Art.  92,  p.  137;  p.  51-62;  Art.  255, 
p.  311;  p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account, 
but  debt  assumed.  (Art.  254,  p. 
309;  p.  113.) 

Debt  not  assumed.  No  credit  on 
reparation  account.  (Art.  257,  p. 
313;  p.  114.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account, 
and  debt  assumed.  (Art.  257,  p. 
313;  p.  114.) 


ni.  CONTINGENT  CESSIONS  OR  RENOUNCEMENTS  OF  TERRITORY  BY  GERMANY. 


To  Belgium: 

Kjeise  of  Eupen  and  Malmedy,  final  disposition  determined  bv  plebis- 
cite.    (Art.  34,  p.  57;  p.  22.) 


To  League  of  Nations,  as  Trustee,  with  possibility  in  France: 

Saar  Basin,  final  disposition  determined  by  plebiscite  (Ait.  49,  p.  67; 
p.  25;  Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  Ill,  par.  34-35,  pp.  87-89;  ».  33),  mean- 
while governed  by  a  Commission  (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  II,  par.  16-33, 

pp.  77-87;  pp.  29-33.) 

To  Poland: 
Upper  Silesia,   a  portion  of,   if  plebiscite  so   determines.     (Art.   88, 


p.  125;  p.  47.) 


No  credit  on  reparation  account 
but  debt  assumed.  (Art.  39,  p.  59; 
p.  23;  Art.  254,  p.  309;  p.  113). 


No  credit  on  reparation  account 
and  debt  not  assumed  (Art.  257, 
p.  313;  p.  114). 


No  credit  on  reparation  account 
but  debt  assumed. 


12  DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 

in.  CONTINGENT  CESSIONS  OK  RENOUNCEMENTS  OF  TERRITORY  BY  GERMANY— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


To  Poland,  or  somebody  else: 

East  Prussia,  portion  of,  if  plebiscite  so  determines.     (Art.  94,  p.  141; 
p.  62.) 

To  Poland  or  East  Prussia: 

Kreise  of  Stuhm  and  Rosenberg,  and  a  portion  of  the  Kreise  of  Marien- 
burg.     (Art.  96,  p.  145;  p.  53.) 


To  Czechoslovak  State: 

Kjeis  of  Leobschutz,  a  portion  of,  if  a  determination  of  Polish  frontier 
isolates  this  from  Germany.     (Art.  83,  p.  121;  p.  44-) 

To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Schleswig,  to  be  handed  over  to  Denmark,  if  plebiscite  so  determines. 
(Art.  109,  p.  155;  p.  58;  Art.  110,  p.  163;  p.  60.)  For  purposes  of 
plebiscite,  the  territory  is  divided  into  two  zones.  (Art.  109,  p.  155; 
p.  60.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


If  to  Poland,  minus  that  portion 
thereof  which  represents  cost  of 
German  colonization  of  Poland. 
(Art.  92,  p.  137;  p.  51;  Art.  255, 
ip.SU;p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account 
but  debt  assumed.  (Art.  254,  p. 
309;  p.  113.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account 
but  debt  assumed.  (Art.  114,  p. 
165;  p.  61;  Art.  254,  p.  309;  p.  113.) 


IV.  GERMANY'S  BELINaUISHMENT  OF  EXTRATERRITORIAL  AND  ANALOGOTTS  RIGHTS. 


\Yith  Siam: 

As  from  July  22,  1917.     (Art.  135,  p.  177;  p.  66.) 
With  Morocco: 

As  from  August  3,  1914,  "renounces  the  regime  of  the  capitulations." 
(Art.  142,  p.  181;  p.  67.) 

With  Egypt: 

As  from  August  4,  1914,  "renounces  the  regime  of  the  capitulations." 
(Art.  147,  p.  183;  p.  68.) 

Samoa: 

Rights  under  the  tripartite  convention  of  December  2,  1899.  (Art.  288, 
p.  341;  p.  125.)  No  statement  as  to  who  receives  these  rights.  [But 
see  general  overseas  cession,  Art.  118,  p.  169;  p.  63.] 


V.  GERMAN   RECOGNITION   OF    SPECIAL  TERRITORIAL   RIGHTS    ANB   ACCEPTANCE    OF   CONSEQUENCES. 


Morocco: 

Recognition  of  French  Protectorate,  and  "accepts  all  the  consequences 
of  its  establishment."     (Art.  142,  p.  181;  p.  67.) 

Egypt: 

Recognizes  protectorate  proclaimed  over  Egypt  by  Great  Britain  on 
December  18,  1914.     (Art.  147,  p.  183;  p.  68.) 


VI.  GERMANY  RECOGNIZES  THE  INDEPENDENCE  OF  CERTAIN  STATES  AND  THE  BOUNDARIES  OR  FRON- 
TIERS THEREOF  AS  ALREADY  OR  HEREAFTER  DETERMINED. 


Austria: 

Germany  acknowledges  and  will  respect  strictly  the  independence  of 
Austria,  which  independence  will  be  inalienable,  except  with  the  consent 
of  the  Council  of  the  League  of  Nations,  within  the  frontiers  fixed  in  a 
treaty  between  that  state  and  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  (Art. 
•80,  p.  117;  p.  44-) 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


13 


VI.     GERMANY  EECOGNIZES    THE    INDEPENDENCE    OF    CERTAIN  STATES  AND  THE    BOUNDARIES  OR    FRONTIERS 

THEREOF  AS  ALREADY  OR  HEREAFTER  DETERMINED— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Czechoslovak  State: 

Germany  recognizes  the  complete  independence  of  the  Czecho-Slovak 
State,  which  will  include  the  autonomous  territory  of  the  Ruthenians  to 
the  south  of  the  Carpathians,  and  recognizes  the  frontiers  of  this  state  as 
determined  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  and  the  other  interested 
states.     (Art.  81,  p.  119;  p.  U-) 

Poland: 

Germany  recognizes  the  complete  independence  of  Poland,  the  boun- 
daries not  laid  down  in  the  treaty  to  be  subsequently  determined  by  the 
Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  87,  p.  125;  p.  4.6.) 

Russia  and  Russian  States: 

Germany  acknowledges  antl  agrees  to  respect  as  permanent  and 
inalienable  the  independence  of  all  the  territories  whicn  were  part  of 
the  former  Russian  Empire  on  August  1,  1914.  Germany  undertakes 
to  recognize  the  frontiers  of  any  state  now  existing  or  coming  into  exist- 
ence which  formed  a  part  of  the  former  empire  of  Russia  as  it  existed  on 
August  1,  1914,  and  to  recognize  the  frontiers  of  such  states  as  determined 
by  them  and  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  116,  p.  167;  p.  6£.) 

Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Germany  undertakes  to  recognize  the  full  force  of  the  Treaties  of  Peace 
and  additional  conventions  which  may  be  concluded  by  the  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers  with  the  Powers  who  fought  on  the  side  of  Germany, 
and  to  recognize  whatever  dispostion  may  be  made  concerning  the  terri- 
tories of  the  former  Austro-Hungarian  Monarchy,  of  the  Kingdom  of  Bul- 
garia, and  of  the  Ottoman  Empire,  and  to  recognize  the  new  States  within 
their  frontiers  as  those  laid  down.     (Art.  434,  p.  525;  p.  190.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


VII.  aEBUANY  BEN^OTTNCES  SPECIAL  NAKED  CONVENTIONAL  BIOHTS  OUTSIDE  EUBOPE. 


To  China: 

"Benefits  and  ])rivik>ges  resulting  from  the  provisions  of  the  final 
Protocol,  signed  at  Peking  on  September  7,  1901,  and  from  all  annexes, 
notes,  and  documents  supplementary  thereto,"  and  in  "favor  of  China," 
any  "claim  to  indemnities  accruing  thereunder  subsequent  to  March  14, 
1917"  ("Boxer  Indemnity").  (Art.  128,  p.  173;  p.  64.)  China  not 
bound  to  grant  to  Germany  the  advantages  of  the  arrangement  of  August 
29,  1902  (regarding  the  new  Chinese  tariff)  or  the  arrangement  of  Septem- 
ber 27,  1905,  regarding  Wheng-Poo,  and  the  provisional  supplementary 
arrangement  of  April  4,  1912.     (Art.  129,  p.  l7S;p.  64.) 

Leases  under  which  the  German  concession  at  Hankow  and  Tientsin 
are  now  held.     (Art.  132,  p.  175;  p.  65.) 

Wiih  Siam: 

All  treaties,  conventions,  and  agreements  between  Siam  and  Germany 
terminated.     (Art.  135,  p.  177;  p.  66.) 

With  Liberia: 

All  rights  and  privileges  arising  from  the  arrangements  of  1911  and 
1912  regarding  Liberia,  and  particularly  the  right  to  nominate  a  German 
receiver  of  customs  (no  one  named  to  exercise  this  right)  are  renounced. 
(Art.  138,  p.  179;  p.  66)  and  all  treaties  and  arrangements  between  the 
two  countries  terminated.     (Art.  139,  p.  179;  p.  66.) 

With  Morocco: 

AH  rights  and  titles  and  privileges  conferred  by  the  General  Act  of 
Algeciras  of  April  7,  1906,  and  the  Franco-German  Agreements  of  Febru- 
ary 9,  1909,  and  November  4,  1911,  are  renounced.  All  treaties,  agree- 
ments, arrangements,  and  contracts  concluded  with  the  Sherifian  Empire 
are  abrogated  as  from  August  3,  1914.     (Art.  141,  p.  179;  p.  67.) 

German  protected  persons,  semsars  and  "associes  agricoles"  no  longer 
have  a  privileged  status  but  are  subject  to  the  ordinary  law.     (Art.  143, 


14  DATA   ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 

Vn.   GERMANY  BENOUNCES  SPECIAL  NAMED  CONVENTIONAL  BIGHTS  OUTSIDE  EUBOPE— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


p.  181 ;  yj.  67.)  Germany  will  not  intervene  in  any  way  in  negotiations 
relating  to  Morocco  between  France  and  any  other  power.  (Art.  141, 
p.  181 ; /).  67.) 

Wiih  Egypt: 

All  treaties,  agreements,  arrangements,  and  contracts  with  Egypt  are 
abrogated  as  from  August  4,  1914.  Germany  will  not  intervene  in  any 
way  in  negotiations  relating  to  Egypt  between  Great  Britain  and  any 
other  power.  (Art.  148,  p.  183;  p.  68.)  Germany  consents  to  abroga- 
tion of  the  Khedival  decree  of  November  28,  1904,  relating  to  the  Commis- 
sion of  the  Egyptian  Public  Debt  or  to  changes  therein  as  the  Egyptian 
Government  may  wish.  Germany  renounces  all  participation  m  the 
Sanitary,  Maritime,  and  Quarantine  Board  of  Egypt.  (Art.  151,  p. 
\Sh\p.69.) 

To  Japan: 

All  her  rights,  title  and  privileges  which  Gennany  acquired  from  China 
by  the  Treaty  of  March  6,  1898,  and  all  other  arrangements  relating  to 
the  Province  "of  Shantung.     (Art.  156,  p.  187;  p.  70.) 

To  France: 

All  rights  under  the  Conventions  and  Agreements  with  France  of 
November  4,  1911,  and  September  28,  1912,  relating  to  Equatorial  Africa. 
(Art.  125,  p.  171;  p.  64.) 

To  Great  Britain: 

Transfer  to  Great  Britain,  of  the  powers  conferred  on  his  Majesty  the 
Sultan,  by  the  Convention  signed  at  Constantinople  on  October  29, 
1888,  relating  to  free  navigation  on  the  Suez  Canal.  (Art.  152,  p.  185; 
p.  69.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


VIII.  GERMANY  CONSENTS  BEFOREHAND  TO  ANY  TREATIES  WHICH  THE  ALLIED  OB  ASSOCIATED 

POWERS  MAY  MAKE. 

(See  Memorandum  No.  7.) 


With  Belgium: 

Any   treaties   entered   into   by   the   Pri7icipal   Allied   and   Associated 
Powers,  Belgium,  and  Holland,  to  replace  the  Treaties  of  April  19,  1839. 
(Alt.  31,  p.  55;  p.  21.) 

WitTi  Luxemburg: 

Germany  accepts  in  advance  all  intei  national  arrangements  which  may 
be  concluded  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  relating  to  the  Grand 
Duchy.     (Art.  40,  p.  61 ;  p.  23.) 

Russia  and  Russian  States: 

Germany  will  recognize  all  treaties  or  agreements  entered  into  by  the 
Allied  and  Associated  Powers  with  states  now  existing  or  coming  into 
existence  in  the  future  in  the  whole  or  part  of  the  Empire  of  Russia  as  it 
existed  on  August  1,  1914.     (Art.  117,  p.  167;  p.  62.) 

Allied  and  Associated  Powers  or  one  of  them  with  any  other  Power: 

Germany  will  accept  and  observe  all  agioements  made  by  these  Powers 
relating  to  trade  in  arms  and  spiiits,  and  to  matters  dealt  with  in  the 
General  Act  of  Berlin  of  February  26,  1885,  the  General  Act  of  Brussels 
of  July  2,  1890,  and  the  conventions  completing  or  modifying  the  same. 
(Art.  126,  p.  173;  p.  64.) 

Turkey  and  Bulgaria: 

Germany  recognizes  and  accepts  all  airangements  which  the  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers  may  make  with  Turkey  and  Bidgaria  with  reference  to 
the  rights,  interests,  and  privileges  claimed  by  or  for  German  nationals  in 
those  states.     (Art.  155,  p.  187;  p.  69.) 


DATA  ON  GKRMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


15 


Vin.  GERMANY  CONSENTS  BEFOBEHAND  TO  ANY   TREATIES   WHICH  THE   ALLIED  OB  ASSOCIATED  POWEBS  MAY 

MAKE — Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 

Credit  allowed  for  same. 

New  States: 

Germany  undertakes  not  to  refuse  her  assent  to  conclusion  of  certain 
arrangements  by  new  states.     (Art.  283,  p.  339;  p.  12Jf.) 

Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  with  Third  Power: 

Gennany  hereby  undertakes  to  recognize  and  to  conform  to  the  measure 
and  agreements  taken  by  the  foregoing  powers  to  carry  out  the  renounce- 
ment of  Germany's  rights,   titles,   and  privileges  whatever  in  or  over 
territories  which  belonged  to  her  or  to  her  allies,  and  aU  rights,  titles,  and 
privileges  whatever  their  origin  which  she  held  as  against  the  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers.     (Art.  118,  p.  169;  p.  62.) 

Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Germany  undertakes  to  adhere  to  any  general  conventions  regarding 
international  regime  of  transit,  waterways,  ports  or  railways  which  may 
be  concluded  by  the  Allies  and  Associated  Powers,  with  the  approval  of 
the  League  of  Nations,  within  five  years  of  the  commg  into  force  of  the 
present  Treaty.     (Ait.  379,  p.  483;  p.  175.) 

Germany  undei takes  to  recognize  the  full  force  and  effect  of  the  Treaties 
of  Peace  and  Additional  Conventions  which  may  be  concluded  by  the 
AUied  and  Associated  Powers  with  the  Powers  who  fought  on  the  side  of 
Germany.     (Art.  434,  p.  525;  p.  190.) 

IX. 


GERMANY    CONSENTS  TO    ABROGATION    OF    ALL    TREATIES    NOT    SPECIALLY    RESERVED, 
RESULTING  LOSS  OF  ALL  ADVANTAGES  APPERTAINING  THERETO. 


WITH 


Multilateral  Engagements: 

Multilateral  treaties,  conventions,  and  agreements  of  an  economic 
character  as  enumerated  in  the  Treaty  shall  alone  be  applied  as  between 
Germany  and  those  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  party  thereto. 
(Art.  282,  p.  335;  p.  122.) 

Bilateral  Engagements: 

Each  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  shall  notify  to  Germany  the 
bilateral  treaties  or  conventions  which  such  Allied  or  Associated  Power 
wishes  to  revive  with  Germany.  Only  such  bilateral  treaties  so  notified 
shall  be  revived;  all  the  others  are  and  remain  abrogated.  (Art.  289,  p. 
343;  p.  125.) 

Austria,  Hungary,  Bulgaria,  Turkey: 

All  treaties,  conventions,  or  agreements  concluded  with  these  powers 
since  August  1,  1914,  to  the  coming  into  force  of  this  Treaty  "are  and 
shall  remain  abrogated."     (Art.  290,  p.  343;  p.  125.) 

Russia,  Roumania: 

All  treaties,  conventions,  or  arrangements  concluded  with  Russia,  or  any 
Russian  state  or  Government,  or  with  Roumania,  either  before  Aijgust  1, 
1914,  or  after  that  date  until  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present  Treaty, 
"are  and  remain  abrogated."  (Art.  292,  p.  345;  p.  126.-)  Germany  ac- 
cepts definitely  the  abrogation  of  the  Brest-Litovsk  Treaties  and  all  other 
treaties,  conventions,  and  agreements  entered  into  by  her  with  the  Maxi- 
malist Government  in  Russia.     (Art.  116,  p.  167;  p.  62.) 

Belgium: 

Recognizes  neutralizing  treaties  of  April  19,  1839,  as  no  longer  conform- 
able to  the  requirements  of  the  situation  and  consents  to  the  abrogation 
thereof.     (Art.  31,  p.  55;  p.  21.) 

Luxemburg: 

Germany  "Adheres  to  the  termination  of  the  regime  of  neutrality  of 
the  Grand  Duchy"  established  by  the  treaty  of  May  11,  1867.  (Art.  40, 
^.&\;p.23.) 


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DATA   ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 
X.  GERMAN  PBOPEBTY  TURNED  OVER,  SURRENDERED,  ETC. 


1.  German  national  property,  imperial  and  state,  and  the  private  property  of  the  Ex-Emperor  and  other  royal  personages.     (Compen- 
sation, where  made,  is  turned  over  to  Reparation  Commission.) 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


To  Belgium: 
Moresnet  neutre  and  Prussian  Moresnet,  such  property  in. 


To  France: 
Alsace-Lorraine,  such  property  in. 

To  Czechoslovak  State: 
Silesia,  such  property  in  small  area  in  southeastern  part  of. 

To  Poland: 
Eastern  Germany,  such  property  in  ceded  portions  of. 


jTo  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 
Memel,  such  property  in. 

To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 
Free  City  of  Danzig,  such  property  in. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 
German  Colonies,  all  such  property  in. 

To  Belgium: 

Kreise  of  Eupen  and  Malmedy,  such  property  in,  if  area  ceded  to  Bel- 
gium after  plebiscite. 

To  League  of  Nations  as  Trustee  vAth  possibility  i     France: 
Saar  Basin,  such  property  in,  if  area  ceded  to  France  after  plebiscite. 

To  Poland: 

Upper  Silesia,  such  property  in  portions  of,  if  area  goes  to  Poland  after 
plebiscite. 

To  Poland  or  somebody  else: 

East  Prussia,  such  property  m  portions  of,  if  area  goes  to  Poland  after 
plebiscite. 

To  Poland  or  East  Prussia: 

Kjeise  of  Stuhm  and  Rosenberg,  and  a  portion  of  the  Kreise  of  Marien- 
burg,  such  property  in,  if  area  goes  to  Poland  after  plebiscite. 

To  Czecho-SlovaTc  State: 

Kriis  of  Leobschutz,  such  property  ha  a  portion  of,  if  area  goes  finally 
to  Czecho-Slov ak  State. 


No  credit  or  compensation.  (Art. 
39,  p.  59;  p.  23;  Art.  256,  p.  313; 
p.  114-) 

No  credit  or  compensation.  (Art. 
56,  p.  95;  p.  36;  Art.  256,  p.  313; 
p.  114.) 

Credit   on   reparation    account. 
(Art.  256,  p.  311;  p.  II4.) 

Credit  on  reparation  account, 
minus  valuation  of  buUdings,  for- 
ests, and  other  state  property  be- 
longmg  to  the  former  Kingdom  of 
Poland.  (Art.  256,  p.  313;  p.  114; 
Art.  92,  p.  139;  p.  51.) 

Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  256,  p.  311;  p.  II4.) 

Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  256,  p.  311;  p.  II4.)  But 
property  shall  be  given  to  Free  City 
of  Danzig  or  to  Poland  as  the  own- 
ing Powers  may  determine.  (Art. 
107,  p.  155;  p.  68.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  257,  p.  313;  p.  II4.) 

No  credit  on  reparation  account 
(Art.  39,  p.  59;  p.  23;  Art.  256, 
p.  313;  p.  114.) 


No  credit(?)     (See  Art.  257,  p. 
313;  p.  114.) 

Credit  if  to  Poland.     (Art.  256, 
p.  311;  p.  114.) 


Credit    on    reparation    account. 
(Art.  256,  p.  311;  2>.  114-) 


DATA  ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 
X.  GEEMAN  PEOPEBTY  TTJENED  OVEE,  SXTEEENDEEED,  ETC.— Continued. 


17 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 
Scheswig,  such  property  in,  if  area  goes  to  Denmark  after  plebiscite. 

To  Great  Britain: 
Canton,  such  property  m  the  British  Concession  at  Shameen. 

To  France  and  China  conjointly: 
Shanghai,  property  in  German  school  at. 

To  China: 

Tientsui  and  Hankow  or  elsewhere  in  Chinese  territory,  such  property 
in  German  concession,  enumerated  in  this  instance  by  classes,  diplomatic 
and  consular  residences  or  offices  being  excluded.     Shantung  reserved  also. 

To  Siam: 

All  such  property,  except  premises  used  as  diplomatic  or  consular 
residences  or  offices. 

To  Maghzen  {Morocco): 
Sherifian  Empire,  all  such  property  in. 

To  Egypt: 
Egypt,  all  such  property  in. 

To  Japan: 
Kiaochow,  all  such  property  in. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


CreditC?)     (Art.  256,  p.  311;  p. 
114;  but  see  Art.  114,  p.  165;  p.  61.) 

Credit(?)     (Art.  258,  p.  311;  p. 
114.) 

Credit(?)     (Art.  256,  p.  311;  p. 

114.) 

Credit(?)     (Art.  256,  p.  311;  p. 
114.) 


"Without  compensation."     (Art 
136,  p.   177;  p.  66.) 

"Without  payment."  (Art.  144, 
p.  181;  p.  67.) 

"Without  payment."  (Art.  153, 
p.  185;  p.  69.)  ' 

"Free  and  clear  of  all  charges 
and  encumbrances."  (Art.  157,  p. 
187;  p.  70.) 


2.  German  property,  national  or  private,  and  rights  therein,  such  as  natural  resources,  development  or  exploitation  works,  transportation 
systems,  cables,  telegraph  lines,  etc.,  given  up  by  Germany. 


NATXJKAL    RESOURCES. 

To  France: 

Saar  Basin,  coal  mines  in  (Art.  45,  p.  63;  p.  24),  whether  Government 
or  private  owned.  (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  I,  par.  2,  p.  69;  p.  26.)  If 
Saar  Basin  goes  ultimately  to  Germany,  she  repurchases  mines  for  gold. 
(Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  Ill,  par.  36,  p.  89;  p.  34.) 

Alsace-Lorraine,  all  rights  regarding  trade  in  potash  salts,  under  the  law 
of  May  25,  1910,  and  any  stipulation  for  the  interruption  of  German  organ- 
izations in  the  working  of  potash  mines,  as  well  as  all  rights  under  any 
existing  agreements,  stipulations,  or  laws  with  regards  to  other  products. 
(Art.  71,  p.  107;  p.  40.) 


To  Japan: 

Mines,  plants,  and  materials  for  exploiting  mines,  together  with  all 
rights  and  privileges  attaching  thereto,  connected  with  Tsingtao-Tsinaufu 
Railway.     (Art.  156,  p.  187;  p.  70.) 

To  Morocco: 

Mining  rights  recognized  as  belonging  to  Gorman  nationals.  (Art.  144, 
p.  181;  p.  67.) 


J33324— 19 3 


"As  compensation  for  the  de- 
struction of  the  coal  mines  in  the 
north  of  France  and  as  part  pay- 
ment toward  the  total  reparation 
due  from  Germany  for  the  damage 
resulting  from  the  war."  (Art  45, 
p.  63;p.  ^f) 

Credit  given  on  reparation  ac- 
count. (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  I, 
par.  5,  p.  71;  p.  27.)  (See  Art. 
243  (a),  p.  257;  p.  94.) 

Seemingly  no  compensation. 
(Art.  156  (last  paragraph),  p.  187; 
p.  70.) 

Credit  given  on  reparation  ac- 
count. (Art.  144,  p.  181;  p.  67; 
Art.  297  (6),  p.  367;  p.  134;  Art. 
243,  p.  257;  p,  94.) 


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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 
X.  GERMAN  PROPEETY  TURNED  OVER,   SURRENDERED,  ETC.— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


PUBLIC    UTILITIES,    INCLUDING    RAILWAYS. 

To  France: 

Accessories  and  subsidiaries  to  Saar  coal  mines,  ^Particularly  their  plant 
and  equipment,  surface  and  underground  extracting  machinery, 
electric,  coke  and  by-products  plants,  workshops,  means  of  communica- 
tion, electric  lines,  plant  for  catching  and  distributing  water,  lands, 
buildings  as  offices  and  dwellmgs  for  officers,  managers,  employees,  and 
workmen,  schools,  hospitals,  and  dispensaries,  stocks  and  supplies  of 
every  description,  their  archives  and  plans,  and  everything  whicii  those 
who  own  or  exploit  the  mines  possess  or  enjoy  for  the  purpose  of  exploit- 
ing the  mines  and  their  accessories.  (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  I,  par.  3, 
pp.  69-71;  V.  26.) 

Rights  of  German  Empire  over  aU  railways,  administered  by  the 
Imperial  Railway  Administration,  which  are  in  operation  or  under  con- 
struction in  Alsace-Lorraine.     (Art.  67,  p.  103;  p.  39.) 

Rights  of  German  Empire  over  all  railways  and  tramway  concessions  in 
Alsace-Lorraine.     (Art.  67,  p.  103;  p.  39.) 

To  Luemburg  (f): 

All  rights  in  the  exploitation  of  the  railways.     (Art.  40,  p.  61 ;  p.  23.) 
To  Cessionaries  of  German  Territory: 

Belgium,  France,  Poland,  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  (for 
Denmark  and  Free  City  of  Danzig  and  for  themselves)  and  Czecho-Slovak 
State. 

Railways  in  ceded  territory  named  above,  complete  and  in  good  condi- 
tion, with  aU  the  rolling  stock  thereto  belonging,  complete  and  in  normal 
state  of  upkeep ;  if  no  rolling  stock  belongs  thereto,  a  proportionate  part  of 
rolling  stock  of  systems  to  which  raUway  belongs.  (Latter  provision 
applies  to  railways  of  "former  Russian  Poland.")  (Art.  371,  p.  477; 
p.  173.) 

To  Japan: 

All  German  rights  in  the  railways  in  Kiaochow.  All  German  rights  in 
the  Tsingtao-Tsinaufu  Railway,  including  its  branch  lines,  together  with 
its  subsidiaries,  of  all  kinds — stations,  shops,  fixed  and  rolling  stock. 
(Art.  156,  p.  187;^.  70.) 

To  the  Power  concerned: 

Where  any  Allied  or  Associated  Power,  Russia,  or  a  state  or  government, 
of  which  the  territory  formerly  constituted  a  part  of  Russia,  which  has  been 
forced  since  August  1,  1914,  by  reason  of  military  occupation  or  by  any 
other  means  or  for  any  other  cause  to  grant  or  allow  to  be  granted  con- 
cessions, privileges,  and  favors  of  any  kind  to  Germany  or  to  a  German 
national,  such  concession,  privilege,  and  favors  are  ipso  facto  annulled. 
(Art.  293,  p.  345;  p.  126.) 

SHIPPING,    OCEAN    AND    INLAND. 

To  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

All  German  merchant  ships  of  1,600  tons  gross  and  upwards. 

One-half  (J)  such  ships,  reckoned  in  tonnage,  of  ships  between  1,000 
tons  and  1,600  tons  gross. 

One-quarter  (})  reckoned  in  tonnage  of  German  steam  trawlers. 

One-quarter  {\)  reckoned  in  tonnage  of  other  German  fishing  boats. 
(Art.  244,  Annex  III,  par.  I,  p.  277;  p.  101.) 

These  to  be  transferred  entirely,  free  from  all  encumbrances,  charges, 
and  liens  of  all  kinds.     (Id.,  par.  4,  p.  279;  p.  102.) 

Boats  are  regarded  as  German  within  the  above  provisions  which  (a)  fly, 
or  may  be  entitled  to  fly,  the  German  merchant  flag;  or  (h)  are  owned  by 
any  German  national,  company,  or  corporation  or  by  any  company  or 
corporation  belonging  to  a  country  other  than  an  Allied  or  Associated 
country  and  under  the  control  or  direction  of  German  nationals;  or  (c)  are 
now  under  construction   (1)   m  Germany,   (2)   in  other  than  Allied  or 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


Credit  on  reparation  account  for 
value,  determined  by  Reparation 
Commission.  (Art.  50,  Annex, 
Chap.  I,  par.  3,  pp.  69-71;  p.  26.) 


No  compensation.  (Art.  67,  p. 
103;  2>.  39.) 

No  compensation.  (Art.  67,  p. 
103;  p.  39.) 

Compensation  (?). 

Compensation  (?).  (See  general 
provisions  of  Art.  243,  p.  257; 
p.  91) 


Seemingly  no  compensation. 
(Art.  156  (final  paragraph),  p.  187; 
p.  70.) 


Wliile  boats  are  for  "replace- 
ment" of  shipping  lost,  seemingly 
credit  will  be  given  on  reparation 
account.  (Art.  236,  p.  253;  p.  93; 
Art.  237,  p.  253;  p.  93;  Ait.  243  (c), 
p.  257;  p.  95.) 


DATA   ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 
X.   GERMAN  PROPERTY  TURNED  OVER,  SURRENDERED,  ETC.— Continued. 


19 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


SHIPPING,    OCEAN    AND    INLAND COUtinUed. 

Associated  countries  for  the  account  of  any  German  national,  company, 
or  corporation.     (Id.,  par.  3,  pp.  277-279;  p.  102.) 

Germany  agrees  to  take  measures  indicated  by  the  Reparation  Com- 
mission for  obtaining  full  title  to  the  property  in  all  ships  which  have 
during  the  war  been  transferred,  or  are  in  process  of  transfer,  to  neutral 
flags,  without  the  consent  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Governments. 
(Id.,  par.  (7),  p.  281;  p.  103.) 

To  the  Reparation  Commission: 

To  make  good  loss  in  inland  navigation,  from  whatever  cause  arising, 
a  portion  of  the  German  river  fleet,  up  to  the  amount  of  the  loss,  but  not 
to  exceed  20%  of  river  fleet  as  it  existed  November  11,  1918.  (Art.  244, 
Annex  III,  par.  6,  p.  281;  p.  103.) 

To  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

A  proportion  of  tugs  and  vessels  remaining  registered  in  the  ports  of 
the  river  systems  referred  to  in  Article  331  (the  Elbe,  Oder,  Niemen,  and 
Danube)  after  deducting  those  surrendered  by  way  of  restitution  or  repara- 
tion. Craft  must  be  provided  with  fittings  and  gear,  in  good  state  of  repair, 
in  condition  to  carry  goods,  and  selected  from  those  most  recently  built. 

Materials  of  all  kinds  necessary  to  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  con- 
cerned for  the  utilization  of  those  river  systems. 

Number  of  craft,  amount  of  material,  and  distribution  determined  by 
arbitrators  appointed  by  the  United  States.     (Art.  339,  p.  449;  p.  163.) 

To  France: 

Tugs  and  vessels,  from  among  those  remaining  registered  in  German 
Rhine  ports  after  the  deduction  of  those  surrendered  by  way  of  restitution 
or  reparation,  or  shares  in  German  Rhine  navigation  companies,  such  tugs 
and  vessels,  together  with  their  fittings  and  gear  to  be  in  a  good  state  of 
repair,  in  condition  to  carry  on  commercial  traffic  on  the  Rhine,  and  to  be 
selected  from  among  those  most  recently  built.  Amount,  specifications, 
and  credit  value  of  (in  no  case  to  exceed  the  capital  expended  in  the  initial 
establishment  of  the  material  ceded)  such  tugs  and  vessels  to  be  deter- 
mined by  an  Arbitrator  appointed  by  the  United  States.     (Art.  357,  p.  463 ; 

J>.  167.) 

Installations,  berthing,  and  anchorage  accommodations,  platforms, 
docks,  warehouses,  plant,  etc.,  owned  by  German  subjects  or  companies  in 
Rotterdam  August  1 ,  1914,  and  also  shares  or  interests  in  such  installations 
at  the  same  date,  possessed  by  Germany  or  German  nationals,  the  credit 
value  thereof  to  be  determined  by  an  Arbitrator  appointed  by  the  United 
States.     (Art.  357,  p.  463;  p.  168.) 

CABLES    AND    TELEGRAPHS. 

To  Japan: 

German  State  submarine  cables  from  Tsigtao  to  Shanghai,  and  from 
Tsingtao  to  Chefoo,  with  all  the  rights,  privileges,  and  properties  attaching 
thereto.     (Art.  156,  p.  187;  p.  70.) 

To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

All  rights,  titles,  or  privileges  of  whatever  nature  belonging  to  Germany 
or  her  nationals,  in  following  submarine  cables: 

Emden-Vigo:  From  the  Straits  of  Dover  to  ofl'  Vigo. 

Emden-Brest:  From  off  Cherbourg  to  Brest. 

Emden-Teneriff e :  From  off  Dunkirk  to  off  Teneriffe. 

Emden-Azores  (1):  From  the  Straits  of  Dover  to  Fayal. 

Emden-Azores  (2):  From  the  Straits  of  Dover  to  Fayal. 

Azores-New  York  ( 1 ) :  From  Fayal  to  New  York. 

Azores-New  York  (2) :  From  Fayal  to  the  longitude  of  Halifax. 

Teneriffe-Monrovia:  From  off  Teneriffe  to  off  Monrovia. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


Seemingly  credit  given  on  rep- 
aration account,  as  boats  go  to  Rep- 
aration Commission.  (Art.  236,  p. 
253;  p.  93;  Art.  243  (c),  p.  257; 
p.  95.) 

Credit  given  on  reparation  ac- 
count.    (Art.  339,  p.  449;  p.  163.) 


Credit    on    reparation    account. 
(Art.  357,  p.  463;  p.  167.) 


Credit    on    reparation    account. 
(Art.  357,  p.  463;  p.  167.) 


"Free  and  clear  of  all  charges  and 
encumbrances."  (Art.  156,  p.  187; 
p.  70.) 

Credit  on  basis  of  original  cost, 
less  suitable  allowance  for  deprecia- 
tion, for  such  cables  or  parts  thereof 
as  are  privately  owned.  (Art.  244, 
AnnexVII,  p.  301;  p.  110.) 


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DATA  ON   GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 
X.  GEEMAN  PEOPEBTY  TTIENED  OVEE,   SUEEENDEEED,  ETC.— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


CABLES  AND  TELEGRAPHS — Continued. 

To  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers — Continued. 

Monrovia-Lome:  From  about  lat.  2°  30'  N.  long.  7°  40'  W.  of 
Greenwich,  to  about  lat.  2°  20'  N.  long.  5°  30'  W.  of  Green- 
wich; and  from  about  lat.  3°  48'  N.  long.  0°  00',  to  Lome. 
Lome-Duala:  From  Lome  to  Duala. 

Monrovia-Pernambuco :  From  off  Monrovia  to  off  Pernambuco. 
Constantinople-Constanza:  From  Constantinople  to  Constanza. 
Yap-Shanghai,   Yap-Guam,   and  Yap-Menado  (Celebes) :  From 
Yap  Island  to  Shanghai,  from  Yap  Island  to  Guam  Island, 
and  from  Yap  Island  to  Menado. 
(Art.  244,  Annex  VII,  p.  299;  p.  110.) 
For  three  months  from  coming  into  force  of  this  treaty,  Germany  will 
not  use  the  high-power  wireless  telegraph  stations  at  Nauen,  Hanover, 
and  Berlin  for  transmission  of  certain  messages  concerning  naval,  mili- 
tary, or  political  questions,  without  the  consent  of  the  Principal  Allied 
and  Associated  Powers.     The  use  of  the  stations  for  commercial  purposes 
win  be  under  the  supervision  of  said  governments.     (Art.  197,  p.  223; 
p.  83.) 

PUBLIC   UTILITIES    CONCESSIONS. 

Germany  must  acquire  (on  demand  of  Reparation  Commission)  rights 
and  interests  of  German  nationals  in  any  public  utility  undertaking  or  in 
any  concession  operating  Ln  Russia,  China,  Turkey,  Austria,  Hungary, 
and  Bulgaria,  or  in  the  possessions  or  dependencies  of  these  States,  or  in 
any  territory  formerly  belonging  to  Germany  or  her  Allies,  to  be  ceded  by 
Germany  or  her  Allies  to  any  Power  or  to  be  administered  by  a  Mandatory 
under  the  present  Treaty,  and  must  if  required  cede  the  same  to  the 
Reparation  Commission,  and  any  similar  rights  and  interests  possessed 
by  the  German  Government  itself.     (Art.  260,  p.  317;  p.  116.) 

This  rule  shall  apply  also  to  all  agreements  concluded  with  German 
nationals  for  the  construction  or  exploitation  of  public  works  in  the 
German  overseas  possessions,  as  well  as  the  subconcessions  or  contracts 
resulting  therefrom  which  may  have  been  made  to  or  with  such  na- 
tionals.    (Art.  123,  p.  171;  p.  63.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  260,  p.  317;  p.  116.) 


XI.  GERMANY  TO  ISSUE  BONDS,  AND  TO  DELIVER  UP  GOLD,  CASH  DEPOSITS,  SECURITIES,  CONTROL   OF 

FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONS,  ETC. 


BONDS. 

For  Belgium: 

Bearer  bonds,  payable  in  gold  marks,  on  May,  1926,  or  at  the  option  of 
the  German  Government  on  any  May  1  prior  to  May  1,  1926,  for  a  sum 
equivalent  to  the  sum  Belgium  has  borrowed  from  the  i^Jlied  and  Asso- 
ciated Governments  up  to  November  11,  1918,  with  interest  on  such  sum 
at  the  rate  of  5  per  cent  per  annum,  the  amount  to  be  determined  by  the 
Reparation  Commission.  This  in  addition  to  compensation  for  damages 
and  is  included  in  restoration  of  Belgium.     (Art.  232,  p.  249;  p.  91.) 

For  Allied  and  Associated  Countries: 

To  facilitate  and  continue  the  immediate  restoration  of  the  economic 
life  of  AUied  and  Associated  countries,  the  Reparation  Commission  will 
take  from  Germany,  by  way  of  security  for  and  acknowledgment  of  her 
debt,  a  first  installment  of  gold  bearer  bonds  free  of  all  taxes  and  charges 
of  every  description  established  or  to  be  established  by  Germany,  gold 
bearer  bonds  as  follows  (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par  12,  pp.  267-269;    p.  98): 

(1)  Gold  bearer  bonds  "issued  forthwith"  for  20,000,000,000  gold 
marks,  without  interest,  payable  not  later  than  May  1,  1921.  [These 
bonds  are  to  be  amortised  by  the  payment  of  20,000,000,000  marks  in 


Credit  on  reparation  account? 
(Art.  232,  p.  249;  p.  91;  Art.  243 
(c),  p.  257;  p.  95.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account? 
If  hands,  etc.,  disposed  of  outright  not 
by  way  of  pledge,  to  persons  other 
than  the  several  governments  in 
whose  favor  Germany's  original 
reparation  indebtedness  was  created 
an  amount  of  such  reparation  in- 
debtedness shall  be  deemed  to  be 
extinguished  corresponding  to  the 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


21 


XI.    GERMANY   TO   ISSUE   BONDS,    AND    TO    DELIVEK    UP    GOLD,     CASH    DEPOSITS,     SECUBITIES,     CONTEOL    OF 

FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONS,    ETC.— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


BONDS — continued. 

gold  (or  in  commodities,  ships,  securities,  or  otherwise  as  the  Reparation 
Commission  may  determine)  during  1919,  1920,  and  first  four  months  of 
1921.  (Art.  235,  p.  253;  p.  93;  Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  12-c.  (1),  p.  267; 
p.  98.)]  If  any  bonds  not  redeemed,  they  shall  be  exchanged  for  new 
bonds  (p.  267;  p.  98). 

(2)  Gold  bearer  bonds  "issued  forthwith,"  for  40,000,000,000  gold 
marks,  interest  at  2J  per  cent  from  1921-1926,  and  thereafter  at  5  per 
cent,  with  1  per  cent  additional  for  amortization  after  1925  (p.  267;  p.  98). 

(3)  Undertaking  in  writing,  "delivered  forthwith,"  to  issue  when  Com- 
mission is  satisfied  Germany  can  meet  interest  and  sinking  fund, 
40,000,000,000  bearer  gold  5  per  cent  bonds,  time  and  mode  of  payment 
of  principal  and  interest  to  be  determined  by  the  Commission  (p.  269; 
p.  99). 

(4)  Further  issue  by  way  of  acknowledgment  and  security  may  be 
required  as  the  Commission  subsequently  determines  from  time  to  time 
(p.  269;  p.  99). 

GOLD. 

To  tJie  Pnncipal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  to  be  disposed  of  as  they 
see  fit.     (Art.  259,  p.  315;  p.  115.) 

(1)  Gold  deposited  in  the  Reichsbank  in  the  name  of  the  Administration 
of  the  Ottoman  Public  Debt  as  security  for  the  first  issue  of  Turkish 
Government  notes  to  be  delivered  within  one  month  from  coming  into 
force  of  Treaty. 

(2)  Gold  payments  for  twelve  years,  as  provided  in  the  German  Treas- 
ury bonds  deposited  by  her  in  the  name  of  the  Council  of  the  Administra- 
tion of  the  Ottoman  Public  Debt  as  security  for  the  second  and  subsequent 
issues  of  Turkish  Government  currency  notes. 

(3)  Gold  deposit  constituted  in  the  Reichsbank  or  elsewhere  represent- 
ing the  residue  of  the  advance  in  gold  agreed  to  on  May  5,  1915,  by  the 
Council  of  the  Administration  of  the  Ottoman  Public  Debt  to  the  Imperial 
Ottoman  Government  to  be  delivered  in  one  month  from  coming  into 
force  of  Treaty  to  such  authority  as  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated 
Powers  may  designate. 

(4)  Any  title  Germany  has  to  the  sum  in  gold  and  silver  transmitted 
by  her  to  the  Turkish  Ministry  of  Finance  in  November,  1918,  in  anticipa- 
tion of  the  payment  to  be  made  in  May,  1919,  for  the  service  of  the 
Turkish  internal  loan. 

(5)  Any  sums  in  gold  transferred  as  pledge  or  as  collateral  security  to 
the  German  Government  or  its  nationals  in  connection  with  loans  made 
by  them  to  the  Austro-Hungarian  Government,  to  be  delivered  within 
one  month  from  the  coming  into  force  of  this  treaty. 

CASH  DEPOSITS    AND   SECURITIES. 

To  France: 

All  deposits,  credits,  advances,  effected  by  virtue  of  the  conventions 
and  agreements  between  Germany  and  France  of  November  4,  1911,  and 
September  28,  1912,  relating  to  Equatorial  Africa.  (Art.  125,  p.  171; 
p.  64.) 

Shares  representing  Germany's  portion  of  the  capital  of  the  State  Bank 
of  Morocco,  transferred  to  wliomsoever  France  nominates.  (Art.  145, 
p.  183;  p.  68.) 

All  debts  owing  for  products  delivered  from  Saar  Basin  area  before  the 
entry  into  possession  of  the  French  State,  and  after  the  signature  of  the 
present  Treaty,  and  all  deposits  of  money  made  by  customers.  (Art.  50, 
Annex,  Chap.  I,  par.  3,  p.  71;  p.  27.) 

Repayment  in  marks  of  exceptional  war  expenditures  advanced  during 
the  course  of  the  war  by  Alsace-Lorraine  or  oy  public  bodies  in  Alsace- 
Lorraine,  on  account  of  the  Empire.     (Art.  58,  p.  97;  p,  36.) 

}3?324— X9 4 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


nominal  value  of  the  bonds,  etc., 
so  disposed  of  outright,  and  the 
obligation  of  Germany  in  respect  of 
such  bonds  shall  be  confined  to  her 
liabilities  to  the  holders  of  the 
bonds,  as  expressed  upon  their 
face.  (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  12 
(d),  p.  269;   p.  99.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
Sums  of  money  delivered  under 
this  article  (p.  315;  p.  115)  to  be 
disposed  of  as  determined  by  prin- 
cipal Allied  and  Associated  rowers. 
(Art.  259,  p.  315;  p.  115.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  125,  p.  171;  p.  84;  Art.  243 
(c),  p.  257;  p.  94.) 

Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  145,  p.  IS3;  p.  68.) 


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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


H.   GEEMANY    TO    ISSUE    BONDS,    AND    TO    DELIVER    UP    GOLD,    CASH    DEPOSITS,     SECURITIES,    CONTROL    OF 

FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONS,  ETC.— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  dudes  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


CASH  DEPOSITS  AND  SECURITIES — Continued. 

To  Roumania  or  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

All  monetary  instruments,  specie,  securities,  and  negotiable  instruments 
or  goods  which  Germany  received  under  the  Treaties  of  Bucharest  and 
Brest-Li  to  vsk.     (Art.  259;  p.  317;  p.  115.) 

To  each  Allied  or  Associated  Power: 

All  secm'ities,  certificates,  deeds,  or  other  documents  of  title  held  by  its 
nationals  and  relating  to  property,  rights,  or  interests  situated  in  the  terri- 
tory of  that  Allied  or  Associated  Power,  including  any  shares,  stock  deben- 
tures, debenture  stocks,  or  other  obligations  of  any  company  incorporated 
in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  that  Power;  and  full  information  regarding 
all  such  property.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  10,  p.  383;  p.  139.) 

Germany  undertakes  to  restore  without  delay  from  the  date  of  the  com- 
ing into  force  of  the  present  Treaty  all  articles,  money,  securities,  and 
documents  which  have  belonged  to  nationals  of  the  Allied  and  Associated 
Powers  and  which  have  been  retained  by  the  German  authorities.  (Art. 
223,  p.  241 ;  p.  89,  Part  IV,  Prisoners  of  War  and  Graves.) 

Germany  undertakes  to  transfer  to  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers 
any  claims  she  may  have  to  payment  or  repayment  by  the  Governments 
of  Austria,  Hungary,  Bulgaria,  or  Turkey,  and,  in  particular,  any  claims 
which  may  arise,  now  or  hereafter,  from  the  fulfillment  of  undertakings 
made  by  Germany  during  the  war  to  those  Governments.  (Art.  261,  p. 
319;  p.  116.) 

To  Brazil: 

All  sums  representing  the  sale  of  coffee  belonging  to  the  State  of  Sao 
Paulo  in  the  ports  of  Hamburg,  Bremen,  Antwerp,  and  Trieste,  which 
were  deposited  with  the  Bank  of  Bleichroder  at  Berlin  shall  be  reimbursed, 
togetherwith  interest,  at  the  rate  or  rates  agreed  upon,  the  reimbursement 
to  be  effected  at  the  rate  of  exchange  of  the  dav  of  deposit.  (Art.  263,  p. 
319;  p.  117.) 

CONTROL    OF    FINANCIAL    INSTITUTIONS. 

Germany  renounces  all  rights  accorded  to  her  or  her  nationals  by  trea- 
ties, conventions,  or  agreements,  of  whatsoever  kind,  to  representation 
upon  or  participation  in  the  control  or  administration  of  commissions, 
state  banks,  agencies,  or  other  financial  or  economic  organiza-tions  of  an 
international  character,  exercising  powers  of  control  or  administration, 
and  operating  in  any  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  States,  or  in  Austria, 
Hungary,  Bulgaria,  or  Turkey,  or  in  the  dependencies  of  these  States,  or 
in  the  former  Russian  Empire.     (Art.  258,  p.  313;  p.  115.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
To  be  disposed  of  as  Principal  Al- 
lied and  Associated  Powers  may 
determine.  (Art.  259,  p.  317;  j). 
115.) 

Credit  on  reparation  account, 
probably,  but  method  of  accounting 
to  Reparation  Commission  not 
clear.     (Art.  243,  p.  257;  p.  9^.) 


No  credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  243,  p.  257;  p.  94;  Art.  239 
p.  255;  p.  94.) 


XII.  GERMANY    A6BEES    TO    BESTOBE    PBOPEBTY    SEIZED,    OB    TAKEN,    OB    COMING    INTO  GEBMANY'S 

POSSESSION. 


To  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Boats  and  other  movable  appliances  belonging  to  inland  navigation 
which  since  August  1,  1914,  have  by  any  means  whatever  come  into  her 
possession  or  into  the  possession  of  her  nationals  and  which  can  be  iden- 
tified.    (Art.  244,  Annex  HI,  par.  (6),  p.  281;  p.  103.) 

Animals,  machinery,  equipment,  tools,  and  like  articles  of  a  commercial 
character,  seized  or  taken  away  by  Germany.  (Art.  244,  Annex  IV,  par. 
2  (a),  p.  283;  p.  IO4.) 

As  immediate  advance  on  aQCOunt  of  such  animals  the  following  are  to 
be  furnished: 


No  credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art  243,  p.  257;  p.  94;  Art.  238, 
p.  255;  p.  93.) 


No  credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  243,  p.  257;  p.  94;  Art.  238, 
p.  255;  p.  93),  except  to  extent  ani- 
mals can  not  be  identified  as  ani- 
mals taken  away  or  seized.  (Arts. 
236,  237,  p.  253;  p.  93;  Art.  244, 
Annex  IV,  par.  6,  p.  289;  p.  105,) 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


23 


Xn.     GEBMANY  AGREES  TO  RESTORE  PROPERTY  SEIZED,  OR  TAKEN,  OR  COMING  INTO  GERMANY'S 

POSSESSION— Continued. 


Property  and  righis  given  up  and  duties  and  oblations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


To  French  Government: 

500  stallions  (3  to  7  years) ; 

30,000  fillies  and  mares  (18  months  to  7  years),  type:  Ardennais, 

Boulonnais,  or  Belgian; 
2,000  bulls  (18  months  to  3  years); 
90,000  milch  cows  (2  to  6  years) ; 
1,000  rams; 
100,000  sheep; 
10,000  goats. 

To  Belgian  Government: 

200  stallions  (3  to  7  years),  large  Belgian  type; 

5,000  mares  (3  to  7  years),  large  Belgian  type; 

5,000  fillies  (18  months  to  3  years),  large  fielgian  type; 

2,000  bulls  (18  months  to  3  years); 

50,000  milch  cows  (2  to  6  years) ; 

40,000  heifers; 

200  rams; 

20,000  sheep; 

15,000  sows. 

(Art  244,  Annex  IV,  par.  6,  p.  289;  p.  105.) 

To  European  Commission  of  the  Danube: 

Germany  shall  make  to  Commission  all  restitutions,  reparations,  and 
indemnities  for  damages  inflicted  on  the  Commission  during  the  war.  (Art. 
352,  p.  457;  p.  166.) 


XIII.  GERMANY  UNDERTAKES  TO  BUILD  OR  CONSTRUCT  TRANSPORTATION  FACILITIES,  OR  TO  REFRAIN 

FROM  BUILDING  COMMERCIAL  UTILITIES. 


For  Czechoslovak  State: 

A  railway  line  between  the  stations  of  Sohlauney  and  Nachod  in  Ger- 
many.    (Art.  373,  p.  479;  p.  174.) 

For  Account  of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Ships,  tonnage  to  be  laid  down  in  each  of  five  yeai-s  not  to  exceed 
200,000  tons  gross,  construction  to  bo  in  accordance  with  specifications 
of  Reparation  Commission  which  also  determines  conditions  of  building, 
delivery,  price  per  ton,  etc.     (Art.  244,  Annex  III,  par,  5,  p.  279;  p.  102.) 


For  Belgium: 

A  deep-draught  Rhine-Meuse  navigable  waterway,  in  accordance  with 
plans  communicated  by  Belgian  Government,  so  tar  as  such  waterway 
runs  through  German  territory,  if  Belgium  decides  to  build  the  same 
within  25  years.     (Art.  361,  p.  467;  p.  169.) 

Germany  shall  not  build  any  high-power  wireless  telegraphy  stations 
in  her  own  territory  or  that  of  Austria,  Hungary,  Bulgaria,  or  Turkey, 
within  a  period  of  three  months  from  the  coming  into  force  of  this  Treaty. 
(Art.  197,  p.  223;  p.  83.) 


Cost  of  construction  borne  by 
Czecho-Slovak  State.  (Art.  373, 
p.  479;  p.  174.) 

Reparation  Commission  credits 
price  of  vessel  to  Germany's  ac- 
count on  her  reparation  obliga- 
tions. (See  Art.  244,  Annex  III,  par. 
5,  p.  279;  p.  102;  also  Art.  243  (c), 
p.  257;  p.  95;  Art.  236,  p.  253; 
p.  93.) 

Seemingly  no  compensation  cost 
of  undertaking  is  divided  among 
states  crossed  by  waterway.  (Art. 
361,  p.  469;  p.  170.) 


24  DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 

XIV.  GERMANY  UNDERTAKES  TO  DELIVER  NATURAL  OR  MANUFACTURED  PRODUCTS. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


To  France: 

Per  year,  for  three  years  (options  covering)  delivered  at  the  French 
frontier  by  rail  or  by  water: 

Benzol,  35,000  tons. 

Coal  tar,  50,000  tons. 

Sulphate  of  ammonia,  30,000  tons. 

Coal  tar,  may,  at  option  of  French  Government,  be  replaced  by  cor- 
responding quantities  of  products  of  distillation,  such  as  light  oils,  heavy 
oils,  anthracene,  naphtalene,  and  pitch.  (Art.  244,  Annex  V.  par.  8,  p. 
293;  J).  108.) 

Per  year,  seven  million  tons  for  ten  years,  and  in  addition,  for  ten 
years,  coal  equal  to  the  difference  between  the  annual  output  of  the  mines 
of  the  Nord  and  Pas  de  Calais  before  the  war  and  the  output  of  these 
mines  during  the  ten  years  period.  In  place  of  coal,  metallurgical  coke 
may  be  accepted  in  the  proportions  of  3  tons  of  coke  to  4  tons  of  coal 
(Art.  244,  Annex  V,  par.  7,  p.  293;  f.  107),  total  delivery  not  to  exceed, 
20,000,000  tons  per  year  for  the  first  five  years,  and  8,000,000  tons  in  any 
one  year  of  the  succeeding  five  years.  (Art.  244,  Annex  V,  par.  2,  p.  291 ; 
Tp.  106.) 

To  Belgium: 

Eight  million  tons  of  coal  (option  covering)  annually  for  ten  years 
with  same  privileges  as  to  exchanging  coal  for  coke  that  control  with 
France.     (Art.  244,  Annex  V,  par.  3,  p.  291;  p.  107.) 

To  Italy: 
Coal  (option  covering)  in  the  following  quantities: 

July  1919  to  June  1920,  four  and  one-half  million  tons. 
July  1920  to  June  1921,  six  milhon  tons. 
July  1921  to  June  1922,  seven  and  one-half  million  tons. 
July  1922  to  June  1923,  eight  milhon  tons. 

July  1923  to  June  1924,  and  each  of  the  following  five  years, 
eight  and  one-half  million  tons. 
Two-thirds  of  actual  deliveries  to  be  land  borne.     Coal  may  be  re- 
placed by  coke  as  in  case  of  France.     (Art.  244,  Annex  V,  par.  4,  p.  291 ; 
p.  107.) 

To  Luxemburg: 

Coal  (option  covering)  equal  to  the  prewar  annual  consumption  of 
German  coal  in  Luxemburg,  if  Reparation  commission  so  directs.  (Art. 
244,  Annex  V,  par.  5,  p.  293;  f.  107.)  Coal  may  be  replaced  by  coke  as 
in  the  case  of  France. 

If  Reparation  Commission  determines  that  full  exercise  of  foregoing 
options  would  interfere  unduly  with  industrial  requirements  of  Germany, 
the  Commission  is  authorized  to  postpone  or  cancel  deliveries,  and  in  so 
doing  to  settle  all  questions  of  priority;  but  the  coal  to  replace  the  coal 
from  destroyed  mines  shall  receive  priority  over  other  deliveries.  (Art. 
244,  Annex  V,  par.  10,  p.  295;  p.  108.) 

To  Reparation  Commission: 

Dyestuft's  and  Chemicals  (option  covering)  as  Commission  may  desig- 
nate, up  to  50  per  cent  of  the  total  stock  of  each  and  every  kind  in  or 
under  German  control  at  date  of  coming  into  force  of  Treaty.  "Dye- 
stuffs  and  chemical  drugs"  includes  all  synthetic  dyes  and  di'ugs  and  in- 
termediate or  other  products  used  in  connection  with  dyeing.  This  ar- 
rangement also  includes  cinchona  bark  and  salts  of  quinine.  (Art.  244, 
Annex  VI,  pars.  1  and  5,  pp.  295-299;  pp.  108-109.) 

Dyestuffs  and  Chemical  drugs  each  six  months  until  January  1,  1925, 
up  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  25  per  cent  of  the  German  production  of 
such  dyestuffs  and  chemical  drugs  during  the  previous  six  months  period. 
(Id.  par.  2,  p.  297;  p.  109.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  236,  p.  253;  p.  93.)  The 
material  is  to  be  purchased  at  a 
price  which  shall  be  the  same  as 
that  at  which  they  are  sold  to 
German  nationals.  (Art.  244,  An- 
nex V.  par.  9,  p.  295;  p.  108.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Art.  236,  p.  253;  p.  93.)  Coal  to 
be  purchased  by  France  under 
stipulations  as  to  price  .  (Art.  244, 
Annex  V,  par.  6,  p.  293;  p.  107.) 


Same  conditions  that  control  sup- 
ply of  coal  to  France.    (Supra). 


Same  conditions  that  control  sup- 
ply of  coal  to  France.     (Supra). 


Same  conditions  that  control  sup- 
ply of  coal  to  France.     (Supra). 


Credit  on  compensation  account. 
(Art.  236,  p.  253;  p.  93.) 

Price  fixed  by  Reparation  Com- 
mission. (Art.  244,  Annex  VI,  par. 
3,  p.  297;  p.  109.) 


DATA  015^   GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY.  25 

XIV.  GERMANY  UNDERTAKES  TO  DELIVER  NATURAL  OR  MANUFACTURED  PRODUCTS— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


To  Allied  arid  Associated  Powers: 

Reconstruction  materials  (stones,  bricks,  refractory  bricks,  tiles,  wood, 
window  glass,  steel,  lime,  cement,  etc.),  machinery,  heating  apparatus, 
furniture,  and  like  articles  of  a  commercial  character  which  Powers 
desire  to  have  produced  and  manufactured  in  Germany  and  delivered  to 
them  to  j)ermit  of  the  restoration  of  invaded  areas.  (Art.  244,  Annex  IV, 
par.  2  (b),  pp.  283,  285;  p.  IO4.) 

Animals,  machinery,  equipment,  tools,  and  like  articles  of  a  commercial 
character  now  in  Germany  which  Governments  desire  to  replace  animals 
and  articles  of  the  same  nature  that  have  been  seized,  consumed,  or  de- 
stroyed by  Germany  or  destroyed  in  direct  consequence  of  military  opera- 
tions.    (Art.  244,  ^Vnnex  iV,  par.  2  (a),  p.  283;  p.  IO4.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Arts.  236-237,  p.  253;  p.  93;  Art. 
244,  Annex  IV,  par.  5,  p.  287 ;  p.  /05.) 


Credit  on  reparation  account. 
(Arts.  236,  237,  p.  253;  p.  93;  Art. 
244,  Annex  IV,  par.  5-6,  p.  289: 
p.  106.) 


XV.  GERMANY  ACCEPTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RESTRICTIONS,  GRANTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RIGHTS,  AND  MAKES 
THE  FOLLOWING  OBLIGATIONS  AS  TO  HER  EXTERNAL  COMMERCE. 


Duties,   Charges,  Prohihitions,  and  Restrictions  Ajfecting  Allied  or  Asso- 
ciated States: 

Importations  into  Germany  from  any  such  states,  from  whatsoever 
place  arriving,  of  goods,  the  product  or  manufacture  of  such  states, 
shall  not  be  subjected  to  other  or  higher  duties,  including  internal  charges, 
or  to  the  maintenance  or  imposition  of  other  prohibitions  and  restrictions, 
than  those  to  which  are  subjected  like  goods  the  produce  or  manufacture 
of  any  other  such  state  or  of  any  other  foreign  country.  (Art.  264,  p. 
321;  p.  117.)  ■ 

The  same  principles  apply  as  to  exports  from  Germany  and  her  duties, 
charges,  prohibitions,  and  restrictions,  levied  thereon  by  Germany.  (Art. 
266,  p.  323;  p.  117.) 

Germany  shall  not,  in  administrative  regime,  make  any  discrimination 
against  the  commerce  of  any  of  the  Alhed  and  Associated  States,  as 
compared  with  any  other  of  the  said  states  or  any  other  foreign  country, 
even  by  indirect  means.     (Art.  265,  p.  321 ;  p.  117.) 

RECIPROCITY   TREATIES. 

Every  favor,  immunity,  or  privilege  in  regard  to  the  importation, 
exportation,  or  transit  of  goods  granted  by  Germany  to  any  Allied  or 
Associated  State  or  to  any  other  foreign  country  whatever  shall  simul- 
taneously and  unconditionally  without  request  and  without  compensa- 
tion be  extended  to  all  the  Allied  and  Associated  States.  (Art.  267,  p. 
323;  p.  118. 

CUSTOMS   PROVISIONS. 

To  France: 

For  five  years,  all  natural  or  manufactured  products  which  both  origi- 
nate in  and  come  from  Alsace-Lorraine  shall  be  admitted  into  German 
customs  territory  free  of  all  customs  duty.  The  French  Government 
shall  fix  the  amount  of  such  importations  for  each  year,  which  shall  not 
exceed  annually  the  average  amounts  of  1911-1913. 

For  the  same  period,  Germany  shall  allow  free  export  from  Germany 
and  reimportation  to  Germany,  exempt  from  all  customs  duties  and  other 
charges  (including  internal  charges),  j-arns,  tissues,  and  other  textile 
materials  or  textile  products  of  any  kind  and  in  any  condition  sent  from 
Germany  into  Alsace-Lorraine,  to  be  subjected  there  to  any  finishing 
process,  such  as  bleaching,  dyeing,  pohiting,  mercerization,  gassing, 
twisting,  or  dressing.  (Art.  268  (a),  p.  323;  p.  118;  Art.  68,  p.  103; 
p.  39.) 

Germany  shall  establish  no  railway  or  canal  tariff  which  directly  or 
indirectly  discriminate  to  the  prejudice  of  the  transport  of  the  pei-sonnel 
or  products  of  the  Saar  mines  and  their  accessories  or  subsidiaries,  or  of 


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DATA  ON   GKRMAN  PEACE   TREATY. 


XV.   GERMANY    ACCEPTS     THE     FOLLOWING     EESTRICTIONS,     GRANTS     THE     FOLLOWING    RIGHTS,     ATD     MAKES 
THE   FOLLOWING   OBLIGATIONS   AS  TO    HER   EXTERNAL   COMMERCE— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


CUSTOMS  PROVISIONS — continued.  ^ 

the  material  necessary  t^  their  exploitation,  all  of  which  shall  enjoy  the 
rights  and  privileges  which  are  guaranteed  to  similar  products  of  French 
origin.     (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  I,  par.  6,  p.  71;  p.  27.) 

French  customs  regime  shall  apply  to  the  Saar  Basin.  (Art.  50,  Annex, 
Chap.  II,  par.  31,  p.  85;  p.  32.) 

Products  which  both  originate  in  and  pass  from  the  basin  into  Germany 
shall  for  five  years  be  free  of  import  duties.     (Id.) 

To  Poland: 

For  a  period  of  three  years,  the  same  privileges  as  to  natural  or  manu- 
factured products  from  Poland  that  are  granted  to  France  in  respect  of 
Alsace-Lorraine  (supra)  with  analogous  limitations.  (Art.  268  (b),  p.  325; 
p.  118.) 

To  Luxemburg: 

The  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  reserve  the  right  to  require  Germany 
to  accord  freedom  from  customs  duty,  on  importation  into  German 
customs  territory,  to  natural  products  and  manufactured  articles  which 
both  originate  in  and  come  from  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg,  for  five 
years,  subject  to  certain  prescribed  limitations  as  to  amounts.  (Art. 
268  (c),  p.  325;  p.  119.) 

For  first  six  months  after  Treaty  comes  into  force,  German  duties  on 
imports  from  Allied  and  Associated  States  shall  not  be  higher  than  the 
most  favorable  duties  which  were  applied  to  imports  hito  Germany  on 
July  31,  1914.  For  a  further  period  of  thirty  months,  this  provision 
applies  to  products  which  comprised  in  section  A  of  the  First  Category  of 
the  German  Customs  Tariff  of  December,  enjoyed  rates  conventionalized 
by  Treaty  (on  July  31,  1914)  with  the  addition  of  all  kinds  of  wine  and 
vegetable  oils,  of  artificial  silk,  and  of  washed  or  scoiu-ed  wool.  (Art.  269, 
pp.  325-327;  p.  119.) 

The  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  reserve  the  right  to  apply  to  German 
territory  occupied  by  their  troops  a  special  customs  regime  as  regards 
imports  and  exports,  in  the  event  of  such  a  measure  being  necessary  in 
their  opinion  in  order  to  safeguard  the  economic  interests  of  the  population 
of  these  territories.     (Art.  270,  p.  327;  p.  119.) 

To  Morocco: 

Moroccan  goods  entering  Germany  shaU  enjoy  the  treatment  accorded 
to  French  goods.     (Art.  146,  p.   183;  p.  68.) 

To  Egypt: 

Egyptian  goods  entering  Germany  shall  enjoy  the  treatment  accorded 
to  British  goods.     (Art.  154,  p.  185;  p.  69.) 

SHIPPING. 

Allied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Vessels  of,  entitled  to  treatment  of  most-favored  nation,  in  German 
territorial  waters,  as  regards  sea  fishing,  maritime  coasting  trade,  and 
maritime  towage  (Art.  271,  p.  327;  p.  119),  and  as  to  fishing  boats  all 
rights  of  inspection  exercised  solely  by  ships  belonging  to  such  Powers. 
(Art.  272,  p.  327;  p.  119.)  These  provisions  are  terminable  in  five  years. 
(Art.  280,  p.  333;  p.  122.) 

New  states  without  seacoast  may  have  a  merchant  marine.  (Art.  273, 
pp.  327-329;  p.  120.) 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


27 


XV.  GERMANY  ACCEPTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RESTRICTIONS,  GRANTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RIGHTS,  AND  MAKES 
THE  FOLLOWING  OBLIGATIONS  AS  TO  HER  EXTERNAL  COIOIERCE— Contimiod. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


UNFAIR   COMPETITION. 

AUied  and  Associated  Powers: 

Goods  of,  to  be  protected  from  unfair  competition  by  all  legislative  and 
administrative  meixsures  necessary,  Germany  to  seize  aU  fraudulently 
marked  as  to  maker,  origin,  type,  nature,  or  special  characteristics  (Art. 
274,  p.  329;  f.  /;^0),  with  special  provisions  relating  to  wines  and  spirits 
and  their  markings.     (Art.  275,  pp.  329-331;  p.  120.) 

TREATMENT    OF    NATIONALS    OF    ALLIED    OR    ASSOCIATED    POWERS. 

All  measures  relating  to  occupations,  professions,  trade,  and  industry 
must  be  equally  applicable  to  all  aliens  and  the  same  as  enjoyed  hy  the 
nationals  of  the  most-favored  nation;  and  aU  taxes,  charges,  and  imposts 
direct  or  indirect,  as  to  the  property,  rights,  or  interests  of  nationals  or 
companies  of  such  powers,  and  restrictions,  must  be  those  applied  to 
German  nationals  and  none  other.     (Art.  276,  p.  331;  p.  121.) 

Germany  will  recognize  new  nationalities  acquired  by  her  nationals 
under  the  laws  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Ait.  278,  p.  333; 

Germany  will  admit  and  permit  to  exercise  their  functions,  consuls, 
appointed  by  the  Allied  or  Associated  Powei-s.     (Art.  279,  p.  333 ;  p.  121.) 

Germany  will  extend  to  nationals  of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  all 
rights  and  advantages  of  any  kind  which  she  has  granted  to  nationals 
of  Austria,  Hungary,  Bulgaria,  or  Turkey,  by  treaties,  conventions,  or 
arrangements  concluded  before  August  1,  1914,  so  long  as  such  treaties, 
etc.,  remain  in  force.     (Art.  291,  p.  345;  p.  125.) 

Germany  will  give  to  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  the  benefit  ipso 
facto  of  the  rights  and  advantages  of  any  kind  which  she  has  granted  by 
treaties,  conventions,  or  arrangements  to  non-belligerent  states  or  their 
nationals  since  August  1,  1914,  until  the  coming  hi  to  force  of  this  Treaty, 
so  long  as  such  treaties,  conventions,  or  arrangements  remain  in  force. 
(Art.  294,  p.  347;  p.  126.) 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


XVI.  GERMANY  ACCEPTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RESTRICTIONS  ON  HER  CONTROL  OF  INLAND  COMMERCE   AND 

NAVIGATION,  AND  THE  INSTRUMENTALITIES  THEREOF. 


FREEDOM   OF  TRANSIT. 

Germany  grants  freedom  of  transit,  including  crossing  ot  territorial 
waters  by  rail,  navigable  waterways,  or  canal,  to  persons,  goods,  vessels, 
carriages,  wagons,  and  mails  coming  from  or  going  to  the  territories  of 
any  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  Powers,  without  subjection  to  any  transit 
duty  or  undue  delay,  and  to  national  treatment  as  regards  charges,  facili- 
ties, and  other  matters,  all  charges  imposed  in  traffic  to  be  reasonable 
and  not  dependent  directly  or  indirectly  on  ownership  or  nationality  of 
the  vessel  or  other  vehicle.     (Art.  321,  p.  435;  p.  157.) 

Goods  in  transit  shall  be  exempt  from  all  customs  and  other  similar 
duties.     (Art.  321,  p.  435;  p. /57.) 

Transmigration  traffic  across  Germany  is  to  be  free  and  unimpeded. 
(Art.  322,  p.  435;  p.  158.) 

Importations  and  exportation'^: 

Germany  will  make  no  discrimination  or  preference,  direct  or  indirect, 
in  duties,  charges,  and  prohibitions  on  goods  or  persons  entering  t)r  leav- 
ing her  territory  on  account  either  of  origin  or  destination.  (Art.  323, 
p.  437;  p.  158.) 

Germany  will  not  establish,  as  against  the  ports  and  vessels  of  any  of 
the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  any  surtax  or  direct  or  indirect  bounty 
for  export  or  import  by  German  vessels  or  ports,  or  by  those  of  anotiier 


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DATA   ON   GERMAN   PEACE   TREATY. 


XVI.  GERMANY  ACCEPTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RESTRICTIONS  ON  HER  CONTROL  OF  INLAND  COMMERCE  AND 
NAVIGATION,  AND  THE  INSTRUMENTALITIES  THEREOF— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


FREEDOM  OF  TRANSIT — continued. 

Power,  for  example,  by  means  of  a  combined  tariff;  and  goods  or  persons 
passing  through  ports  or  by  vessels  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers 
shall  be  subject  to  no  formality  or  delay  other  than  is  incident  to  such 
traffic  on  German  vessels  or  through  German  ports.  (Art.  32.3,  p.  437; 
p.  158.) 

Germany  shall  take  all  necessary  administrative  and  technical  meas- 
ures to  expedite  transmission  and  forwarding  of- Allied  and  .iVssociated 
goods,  particularly  perishable  goods,  equally  with  any  other  goods  simi- 
larly routed  and  carried.     (Art.  324,  p.  437;  p.  158.) 

Seaports  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  shall  enjoy  all  favors  and 
all  reduced  tariffs  granted  on  German  railways  or  navigable  waterways  for 
the  benefit  of  German  ports  or  the  port  of  another  Power.  (Art.  325, 
p.  439 ;  p.  159).  And  Germany  must  participate  in  the  tariffs  or  combina- 
tions of  tariffs  intended  to  secure  for  ports  of  any  Allied  or  Associated 
Power  advantages  similar  to  those  granted  by  Germany  to  her  own  ])orts 
or  the  ports  of  any  other  Power.     (Art.  326,  p.  439;  p.  159.) 

Nationals,  vessels,  and  property  of  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  shall, 
without  impediment,  enjoy  in  all  German  ports  and  on  the  inland  naviga- 
tion routes  of  Germany,  national  treatment  in  all  respects,  with  com- 
plete freedom  of  access  to  all  places  in  Germany,  and  with  national  treat- 
ment as  to  port  and  harbor  facilities,  including  stationing,  loading  and 
unloading,  duties,  charges  of  tonnage,  harbor,  pilotage,  lighthouse,  quaran- 
tine and  all  analogous  duties.  Any  preferential  regime  granted  by 
Germany  to  any  Power  is  immediately  and  unconditionally  extended  to 
all  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  327,  p.  441;  p.  159.) 

FREE    ZONES. 

Existing  free  zones  in  ports  shall  be  maintained,  and,  with  others  to  be 
established  (Hamburg  and  Stettin,  Art.  363,  p.  469;  p.  170),  shall  be 
subject  to  the  Treaty  regime.  Goods  entering  or  leaving  such  zones  shall 
be  subject  to  no  import  or  export  duty  (except  they  leave  the  zone  for 
consumption  in  the  country  where  the  zone  is  situated,  or  enter  the  zone 
for  export,  when  the  duties  shall  be  the  regular  normal  import  or  export 
duties  Art.  330,  p.  443;  p.  160),  except  handling  charges  and  specified 
statistical  duty  used  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  port.  (Art.  328, 
p.  441;  p.  160.)  All  goods  consumed  in  the  zone  shall  be  free  of  duty. 
(Art.  329,  p.  443;  p.  160.) 

The  foregoing  stipulations  and  provisions  are  subject  to  revision  at  any 
time  after  five  years  by  the  Council  of  the  League  of  Nations.  Failing 
such  revision,  the  privileges  may  be  enjoyed  only  on  a  basis  of  reciprocity, 
unless  the  Council  extends  the  period.     (Art.  378,  p.  481;  p.  175.) 

INTERNATIONALIZATION    OF    WATERWAYS. 

Rivers  Elbe,  Vltava,  Oder,  Niemen  (Russgrom-Memel-Niemen),  and 
Danube  are,  as  to  certain  parts  thereof,  declared  international,  and  also 
all  navigable  parts  of  these  river  systems  which  naturally  provide  more 
than  one  state  with  access  to  the  sea,  together  with  lateral  canals  and 
channels,  and  any  Rhine-Danube  navigable  waterway.  (Art.  331,  p.  443- 
445;  p.  161.) 

On  international  waterways,  declared  by  the  Treaty,  nationals,  prop- 
erty, and  flags  of  aU  nations  are  on  a  perfect  equality — no  distinctions 
being  made  between  shipping  of  riparian  and  nonriparian  state  to  the 
detriment  of  the  latter,  except  that  Germany  may  not  engage  in  traffic 
between  the  ports  of  any  Allied  or  Associated  Power  without  the  con- 
sent of  that  Power.  (Art.  332,  p.  445;  p.  161.)  This  article  also  is  sub- 
ject to  review  and  adjustment  by  the  council  of  the  League  of  Nations, 
as  above  set  out.  (Art.  378,  p.  481;  p.  175.)  Only  maintenance  charges 
maybe  levied  for  the  use  of  such  waterways  (Art.  333,  p.  445;  p.  161), 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 


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XVI   GERMANY  ACCEPTS  THE  FOLLOWING  KESTBICTIONS  ON  HEB  CONTROL  OF  INLAND  COMMERCE  AND 

NAVIGATION,  AND  THE  INSTRUMENTALITIES  THEREOF— 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


INTERNATIONALIZATION  OF    WATERWAYS Continued. 

or  for  use  of  port  facilities.  (Art.  335,  p.  447;  p.  162.)  Riparian  states 
obliged  to  remove  obstacles  to  navigation  (Art.  336,  p.  447;  p.  162), 
and  to  erect  no  impeding  work.     (Art'.  337,  p.  447;  p.  162.) 

To  France: 

On  the  French  frontiers,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Convention 
of  Mannheim,  or  a  substituted  Convention,  or  the  stipulations  of  this 
Treaty,  France  has  the  right  to  take  water  from  the  Ehine  to  feed  navi- 
gation and  irrigation  canals,  with  the  right  to  execute  necessary  works 
on  the  German  banks,  and  the  exclusive  right  to  the  power  derived  from 
the  works  of  regulation  on  the  river  (subject  to  payment  to  Germany  of 
half  the  power  actually  produced),  the  exercise  of  such  rights  not  to  im- 
pede navigation  or  involve  increase  to  tolls,  Germany  undertaking  not 
to  aUow  construction  of  lateral  canals  on  the  right  bank  opposite  French 
frontiers  and  recognizing  France's  right  to  use  lands  on  right  bank  for 
for  necessary  worKS,  compensation  being  made  to  Germany  therefor. 
(Art.  358,  p.  465;  p. /^5.) 

To  Switzerland: 

Equivalent  rights  as  to  her  Rhine  frontier  if  she  demands.  (Art.  358, 
p.  465;i>.  168.) 

To  Belgium: 

An  equivalent  right  to  take  water  to  feed  a  Rhine-Meuse  navigable 
waterway,  if  constructed.     (Art.  358,  p.  465;  p.  168.) 

Germany  agrees  to  offer  no  objection  to  extending  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  central  Rhme  Commission,  to  designated  portions  of  the  Moselle,  to 
additional  portions  of  the  upper  part  of  the  Rhine,  and  to  lateral  canals 
eatablishcd  to  improve  naturally  mavigable  sections  of  the  Rhine  and 
Moselle,  etc.     (Art.  362,  p.  469;  p.  170.) 

RAILWAY   PROVISIONS. 

German  railway  lines  to  carry  goods  of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers, 
either  on  through  transit  across  Germany  or  to  a  destination  in  Germany, 
imder  the  most  favorable  treatment  as  to  rates,  facilities,  etc.,  accorded 
to  any  traffic  by  the  railroads  under  similar  conditions  of  transport,  for 
example,  length  of  route.  The  same  treatment  shall  be  accorded  on 
request  of  any  Allied  or  Associated  Powers  to  specially  designated  goods 
coming  from  Germany  to  the  Power.  International  tariffs  involving 
through  way  bUls  shall  be  established.  (Art.  365,  p.  471 ;  p.  ///.)  This 
article  also  subject  to  review  and  adjustment  by  the  Council  of  the  League 
of  Nations  as  above  set  out.     (Art.  378,  p.  481;  p.  175.) 

Germany  must  cooperate  in  the  establishment  of  a  through  ticket  serv- 
ice (for  passengers  and  their  luggage)  which  any  Allied  or  Associated 
Power  may  require;  must  accept  trains  and  carriages  coming  from  the 
territories  of  such  Powers,  forward  the  same  at  her  best  speed  for  long- 
distance trains,  at  rates  no  higher  than  for  German  internal  service  for 
the  same  distance.  Most  favorable  tariffs  must  be  applied  to  emigrant 
traffic  going  to  or  coming  from  ports  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  Powers. 
(Art.  367,  p.  473;  p.  171.) 

Germany  mUst  not  apply  to  such  through  service,  or  to  emigrant  serv- 
ice, any  technical,  fiscal,  or  administrative  measures,  such  as  customs  ex- 
aminations, general  police,  sanitary  police,  and  control,  which  would  im- 
pede or  delay  the  service.     (Art.  368,  p.  475;  p.  172.) 

Articles  367,  368  are  also  subject  to  review  and  adjustment  by  the 
Council  of  the  League  of  Nations  as  above  set  out.  (Art.  378,  p.  481; 
p.  175.) 

German  railway  rolling  stock  must  be  so  fitted  with  apparatus  as  to 
permit  their  inclusion  in  trains  of  such  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  as 


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DATA  ON   GERMAN  PEACE  TBEATY. 


XVI.  GEBMANY  ACCEPTS  THE  FOLLOWING  RESTRICTIONS  ON  HER  CONTROL  OF  INLAND  COMMERCE  AND 
NAVIGATION,  AND  THE  INSTRUMENTALITIES  THEREOF— Continued. 


Property  and  rights  given  up  and  duties  and  obligations  undertaken  by  Germany. 


Credit  allowed  for  same. 


RAILWAY  PKOVisiONS — Continued. 

are  parties  to  the  Berne  Convention  (May  15,  1886,  modified  May  18,  1907) 
without  hampering  the  action  of  the  continuous  brake,  which  may  within 
ten  years  be  adopted  by  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  and  the  acceptance 
of  Allied  and  Associated  rolling  stock  in  German  trains,  which  rolling  stock 
shall  have  on  the  German  lines  the  same  treatment  as  German  rolling 
stock  as  regards  movement,  upkeep,  and  repairs.  (Art.  370,  p.  475;  f. 
172.) 

Germany's  railway  administration  must  make  arrangements  with  con- 
tiguous states  as  to  the  working  of  interstate  railways;  if  these  fail  to 
make  an  agreement,  the  points  of  difference  will  be  settled  by  a  Commis- 
sion of  experts,  designated  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  on  which 
Germany  will  be  represented.  (xVrt.  372,  p.  479;  p.  173;  Art.  371,  p.  477; 
p.  173.) 

For  the  present  Germany  must  carry  out  instructions  given  her  on  be- 
half of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  for  the  carriage  of  troops  under 
the  provisions  of  this  treaty,  and  of  material,  ammunition,  and  supplies 
for  any  use,  for  the  transportation  of  supplies  for  certain  regions,  for  the 
restoration,  as  rapidly  as  possible,  of  the  normal  conditions  of  transport, 
and  for  the  organization  of  postal  and  telegraphic  services.  (Art.  375, 
p.  481;  f.n^.) 

Disputes  between  the  interested  Powers  regarding  the  "interpretation 
and  application  of  the  preceding  articles"  (seemingly  articles  321-375) 
are  to  be  settled  as  provided  by  the  League  of  Nations  (Art.  376,  p.  481 ; 
p.  17 ^),  which  may  at  any  time  "recommend  the  revision  of  such  of  these 
Articles  as  relate  to  a  permanent  administrative  regime."  (Art.  377,  p. 
481;  J).  174.) 

KIEL    CANAL. 

Kiel  Canal  and  its  approaches  must  be  maintained  free  and  open  to 
vessels  of  commerce  and  of  war,  of  all  nations  at  peace  with  Germany 
on  terms  of  entire  equality.     (Art.  380,  p.  483;  f.  175.) 

Vessels  of  all  nations  to  be  treated  on  an  absolute  equality  as  to  charges 
and  facilities  and  in  all  other  respects,  with  vessels  of  Germany  or  of  the 
most  favored  nation,  without  impediment  as  to  movements  of  vessels  or 
persons  beyond  reasonable  and  necessary  police,  customs,  sanitary, 
immigration  and  emigration  regulation.  (Art.  381,  p.  483;  p.  176.) 
Charges  levied  are  to  be  such  only  as  are  necessary  for  maintenance, 
improvements,  and  expenses  incurred  in  the  interests  of  navigation. 
(Art.  382,  p.  485;  p.  176)  and  no  other  charges  shall  be  levied.  (Art.  384, 
p.  485;p. /7&.) 

Germany  is  bound  to  remove  obstacles  or  dangers  to  navigation,  to 
insure  maintenance  of  good  conditions,  and  not  to  undertake  any  works 
of  a  nature  to  impede  navigation  on  the  canal  or  its  approaches.  (Art. 
385,  p.  485;  p.  176.) 

Violations  of  the  foregoing  or  disputes  as  to  the  interpretations  of  these 
articles  are  to  be  referred  "to  the  jurisdiction  instituted  for  the  pur- 
pose by  the  League  of  Nations,"  but  small  questions  shall  be  settled  in 
the  first  instance  by  a  local  authority  established  at  Kiel  by  Germany. 
Complaints  thereto  may  be  presented  by  the  consuls  of  the  interested 
Power.     (Art.  386,  p.  485;  p.  176.) 


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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY.  31 

MEMORANDUM  NO.  1. 
SPECIAL  OBLIGATIONS  OF  GERMANY  RELATING  TO  ALSACE-LORRAINE. 

Shall  apply  no  special  measures  to  German  money  or  monetary  instruments  current  in  Alsace-Lorraine. 

(Art.  57,  p.  97;  p.  36.)  "  .  ,,..,•,•      l  j 

Shall  refund  exceptional  war  expenditures  advanced  by  Alsace-Lorranie  or  public  bodies  therein,  beyond 

a  proportional  amount  based  on  the  ratio  of  the  revenues  of  the  Empire  to  the  revenues  of  Alsace-Lorraine. 

(Art.  58,  p.  97;  p.  36.)  ,         xt  l  i 

Restore  to  Alsace-Lorraine  all  property  rights  and  interests  belonging  to  them  November  11,  1918,  and 
now  in  Germany.     (Art.  60,  p.  99;  p.  37.) 

Shall  bear  expense  of  civil  and  military  pensions  earned  on  November  11,  1918.     (Art.  62,  p.  99;  p.  37.) 

Pay  damages  for  injuries  suffered  by  the  civilian  population  as  if  Alsace-Lorraine  were  an  Allied  or  Asso- 
ciated Country.     (Art.  63,  p.  99;  p.  37;  Art.  244,  Annex  I,  p.  259;  p.  55.) 

For  ten  years,  furnish  electrical  energy  (power)  under  contracts  in  force,  at  a  rate  not  higher  than  paid 
by  German  nationals.     (Art.  69,  p.  105;  p.  39.) 

Property  rights  of  Alsace-Lorrainers  dealt  with  as  if  they  had  been  during  war  on  part  of  allied  territory. 
(Art.  73,  p.  107;  p.  40.)  . 

France  may  retain  and  liquidate  all  German  national  and  society  interests,  Germany  compensating  her 
nationals.     (Art.  74,  p.  109; />.  ^0.) 

France  retains  exclusive  control  over  all  questions  of  nationality  of  Alsace-Lorrainers.  (Art.  79,  Annex, 
p.  115  et  seq.;  p.  43  et  seq.) 

Germany  to  cancel  any  contract  notified  by  French  Government  between  Alsace-Lorrainers  and  Germans 
or  German  States  or  Empire,  save  certain  contracts  partly  performed  before  November  11,  1918;  who  makes 
the  compensation  not  specified.     (Art.  75,  p.  109;  p.  4^.) 

Alsace-Lorrainers  preserve  full  and  entire  enjoyment  of  industrial  property  rights  in  Germany.     (Ai't.  76, 

p.  in;p.4i-) 

France  may  prohibit — 

Management  or  exploitation  by  Germans. 
Ownership  of  mines  and  quarries  by  Germans. 
German  participation  in  metallurgical  establishments. 
(Art.  70,  pp.  105-107;  p.  40.) 

Germany  is  to  pay  to  the  French  Government  such  proportion  of  all  reserves  accumulated  by  the 
Empire  or  by  public  or  private  bodies  dependent  upon  it,  for  the  purposes  of  disability  and  old-age  insurance, 
as  would  fall  to  the  disability  and  old-age  insurance  fund  at  Strasbourg.  The  same  shall  apply  in  respect  of 
the  capital  and  reserves  accumulated  in  Germany  falling  legitimately  to  other  social  insurance  funds,  to  miners; 
superannuation  funds,  to  the  fund  of  railways  of  Alsace-Lorraine,  to  other  superannuation  organizations  estab- 
lished for  the  benefit  of  the  personnel  of  public  administrations  and  institutions  operation  in  Alsace-Lorraine, 
and  also  in  respect  of  the  capital  and  reserves  due  by  the  insurance  fund  of  private  employees  at  Berlin,  by 
reason  of  engagements  entered  into  for  the  benefit  of  insured  persons  of  that  category  resident  in  Alsace- 
Lorraine.     (Art.  77,  p.  Ill;  p.  41-) 

MEMORANDUM  NO.  2. 

REDUCTION  OF  MILITARY,  NAVAL,  AND  AIR  FORCES. 
1.  Military  Clauses : 

Army  must  not  exceed  100,000  effectives,  who  must  be  used  only  to  maintain  order  in  Germany,  of  whom 
4,000  may  be  officers  (Art.  160,  p.  191;  p.  71),  the  Army  organization,  equipment,  armament,  munitions,  and 
material  being  specified  by  provisions  and  tables  in  the  Treaty.  (Arts.  160-162,  pp.  191-193;  pp.  71-72, 
and  tables  following  Art.  180,  p.  207;  p.  77).  Compulsory  military  service  is  abolished  and  hereafter  the 
German  Army  can  be  constituted  and  recruited  by  voluntary  enlistment  only.  (Art.  173,  p.  201,  p.  74-)  The 
period  of  enlistment  of  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  is  twelve  consecutive  years  (Art.  174,  p.  201; 
p.  75),  and  the  period  of  service  for  officers  is  twenty-five  consecutive  years.  (Art.  175,  p.  201;  p.  75.)  Officers 
remaining  in  the  service  must  serve  till  they  are  45  years  old,  and  officers  previously  in  the  service  must  not  take 
part  in  any  military  exercise,  theoretical  or  practical.  (Art.  175,  pp.  201-203;  p.  75.)  Provisions  covering 
allowable  military  schools  are  inserted  (Art.  176,  p.  203;  p.  75),  and  "Educational  establishments,  the  Univer- 
sities, societies  of  discharged  soldiers,  shooting  or  touring  clubs,  and,  generally  speaking,  associations  of  every 
description,  whatever  be  the  age  of  their  members,  must  not  occupy  themselves  with  military  matters.  In  par- 
ticular they  are  forbidden  to  instruct  or  exercise  their  members  or  allow  them  to  be  instructed  or  exercised  in 
the  profession  or  use  of  arms."  (Art.  177,  p.  203;  p.  75.)  AU  measures  of  or  appertaining  to  mobilization  are 
forbidden.  (Art.  178,  p.  205;  p.  76.)  Germany  must  not  send  or  accredit  to  any  foreign  country  any  naval,  mili- 
tary, or  air  mission,  nor  allow  any  such  mission  to  leave  her  territory,  and  must  prevent  her  nationals  enrolling 
in  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Air  Service  of  a  foreign  power,  or  being  attached  thereto  as  instructors.  No  Allied  or 
Associated  rower  must  enroll  in  or  attach  to  tneir  armies  or  naval  or  air  forces  any  German  national  as  instruct- 
ors, but  this  shall  not  affect  France's  right  to  recruit  for  the  Foreign  Legion  under  her  laws.  (Art.  179,  p.  205; 
p.  76.)  Maintenance  of  military  forces  or  assembling  them,  or  upkeep  of  permanent  works  of  mobilization, 
are  forbidden  on  the  left  bank  o{  the  Rhine  or  within  fifty  kilometers  of  the  right  bank.  (Art.  43,  p.  61 ;  p.  24-) 
All  surplus  arms,  munitions,  and  war  materials,  including  aircraft,  must  be  surrendered  to  the  Principal 
Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  169,  p.  199;  p.  73.) 


32  DATA  ON  GEEMAN  PEACE  TBEATY. 

2.  Naval  Clauses: 

German  naval  forces  in  commission  must  not  exceed  after  2  months  from  coming  into  force  of  Treaty, 
6  battleshij)s,  6  light  cruisers,  12  destroyers,  12  torpedo  boats,  but  no  submarines,  and  an  equal  number  of 
vessels  constructed  to  replace  these  (Art.  181,  p.  211;  f.  78),  but  replacement  ships  must  not  exceed  a  specified 
displacement  (10,000  tons  for  armored  ships),  and  except  when  a  ship  is  lost  replacement  shall  not  occur  except 
after  20  years  for  battleships  and  cruisers,  and  15  years  for  destroyers  and  torj)cdo  boats,  counting  from  the 
launching  of  the  ship.  (Art.  190,  p.  217;  p.  81.)  All  other  warships  must  be  placed  in  reserve  or  devoted  to 
commercial  purposes.  (Art.  181,  ]).  211 ;  p.  78.)  The  navy  personnel  shall  not  exceed  15,000  officers  and  men, 
with  a  total  officers'  strength  of  1,500,  and  including  naval  and  military  corps  or  reserves  (Art.  183,  p.  211 ;  p.  7.9), 
all  raised  by  voluntary  enlistment,  for  periods  of  25  consecutive  years  for  officers  and  12  consecutive  years  for 
petty  officers  and  enlisted  men;  replacements  shall  not  exceed  5  per  cent  per  annum  of  totals;  and  no  officer  or 
man  of  the  mercantile  marine  shall  receive  any  training  in  the  Navy.  (Art.  194,  pp.  219-221;  p.  82.)  All 
surface  warships  not  in  German  ports,  and  all  now  interned  in  neutral  ports  or  in  the  ports  of  the  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers,  "cease  to  belong  to  Germany,  who  renounces  all  rights  over  them"  (Art.  184,  p.  213;  p.  79). 
Eight  named  German  battleships,  8  named  light  cruisers,  42  modern  destroyers,  and  50  modern  torpedo  boats 
chosen  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  (Art.  185,  p.  213;  p.  79.)  Surface  warships  now  under 
construction  are  to  be  broken  up  (Art.  186,  p.  215;  p.  80)  and  certain  named  auxiliary  cruisers  and  fiat  auxiliaries 
are  to  be  disarmed  and  treated  as  merchant  ships.    (Art.  187,  p.  215;  p.  80.) 

All  German  submarines,  submarine  salvage  vessels  and  docks  for  submarines,  ' '  including  the  tubular  dock, " 
are  to  be  delivered  to  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  If  any  are  unfit  to  proceed  under  their  own 
power  or  to  be  towed  to  allied  ports, they  and  all  others  in  course  of  construction  are  to  be  broken  up.  (Art.  188, 
p.  217;  p.  80.)  . 

No  materials  derived  from  any  of  this  breaking  up  shall  be  used  except  for  purely  industrial  or  commer- 
cial purposes;  they  may  not  be  sold  or  disposed  of  to  other  countries.     (Art.  189,  p.  217;  p.  81.) 

The  construction  or  acquisition  of  any  submarine  even  for  commercial  purposes  is  forbidden.  (Art.  191, 
p.  219;  p.  81.) 

3.  Air  Clauses: 

The  armed  forces  of  Germany  must  not  include  any  military  or  naval  air  forces  and  no  dirigibles  shall 
be  kept.  (Art.  198,  p.  223;  p.  83.)  AU  military  and  naval  aeronautical  material  (except  100  seaplanes,  with 
a  spare  engine  for  each  to  be  used  in  searching  for  submarine  mines,  must  be  delivered  to  the  Principal  Allied 
and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  198,  p^  223;  p.  83.) 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  clauses,  others  in  this  Part  may  be  noted  as  follows: 

Within  three  months  Germany  must  disclose  to  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  the  nature 
and  mode  of  manufacture  of  all  explosives,  toxic  substances,  and  other  like  chemical  preparations  used  or 
prepared  for  use  by  them  in  the  war.     (Art.  172,  p.  201 ;  p.  74.) 

Moreover,  the  importation  into  Germany  and  the  manufacture  for  and  export  out  of  Germany  of  all  arms, 
munitions,  and  war  materials  (Art.  170,  p.  199;  p.  74),  the  manufacture  and  importation  of  asphyxiating, 
poisonous,  or  other  gases,  and  all  analogous  liquicls,  materials,  or  devices  (Art.  171,  p.  199;  p.  74),  the  manu- 
facture and  importation  into  Germany  of  armored  cars,  tanks,  and  similar  constructions  suitable  for  use  in 
war  (id.  p.  199;  p.  74),  the  manufacture  for  and  export  from  Germany  of  arms,  munitions,  or  naval  war  mate- 
rial (Art.  192,  p.  219;  p.  81),  and  for  a  period  of  six  months  "the  manufacture  and  importation  of  aircraft, 
engines  for  aircraft,  and  parts  of  engines  for  aircraft"  (Art.  201,  p.  225;  p.  84)  is  forbidden. 

All  the  forgoing  clauses  are  carried  put  under  inter-Allied  Commissions  (one  for  military  matters,  Art.  208, 
p.  229,  p.  85;  one  for  naval.  Art.  209,  p.  231,  p.  86;  and  one  for  aeronautics.  Art.  210,  p.  233,  p.  86)  whose 
"upkeep  and  cost,"  and  "expenses  of  their  work"  shall  be  borne  by  Germany  (Art.  207,  p.  229,  p.  85),  which 
shall  attach  a  qualified  representative  to  each  Commission,  and  which  will  give  to  the  Commission  "all  necessary 
facilities  for  the  accomplishment  of  their  missions."  (Art.  206,  p.  229;  p.  85).  At  the  end  of  three  months, 
"German  laws  must  have  been  modified  and  shall  be  maintained  bv  the  German  Government  in  conformity 
with  this  part  of  the  present  treaty."     (Art.  211,  p.  233;  p.  87.) 

4.  Fortifications: 

No  fortification  on  left  bank  of  Rhme  nor  on  right  bank  within  50  kilometers  of  the  river.  (Art.  42,  p.  61 ; 
p.  23.) 

No  fortifications  in  plebescite  areas  of  Kreise  of  Stuhm  and  Rosenberg  and  part  of  Kjeise  of  Marienburg, 
if  plebescite  gives  them  to  East  Prussia.     (Art.  97,  p.  147;  p.  54.) 

Of  Heligoland — destroyed — neither  thev  nor  any  similar  works  shall  be  reconstructed.  (Art.  115,  pp.  165, 
167;  «.W.) 

In  territory  occupied  by  Allied  and  Associated  troops,  disarmed  and  dismantled,  and  no  new  ones  erected. 
(Art.  180,  pp.  205-207;  p.  76.) 

On  east  coast  of  Schleswig,  Holstein,  and  north  coast  of  Mecklenburg,  existing  fortifications  demolished 
and  guns  removed,  and  no  guns  installed  commanding  maritime  routes.     (Art.  195,  p.  221;  p.  82.) 

Fortifications  on  southern  and  eastern  frontiers  maintained  as  now.     (Art.  180,  p.  207;  p.  76.) 

Those  already  established  within  50  kilometers  of  the  German  coast  or  on  German  islands  off  that  coast 
(other  than  those  specified  in  Art.  195)  considered  as  of  defensive  character,  and  may  remain  where  they  are. 
(Art.  196,  p.  221;  p.  82.) 


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5.  Evacuation  by  Military  Forces  of  Germany: 

From  Poland,  the  German  plebiscite  area,  within  15  days  of  coming  into  force  of  Treaty.     (Art.  88,  Annex 

I,  p.  129;/).  ^'S'.) 

From  East  Prussia-  the  plebiscite  area,  within  15  days  of  coming  into  force  of  Treaty.     (Art.  95,  p.  141; 

J).  52.) 

From  Kreise  of  Stuhm  and  Rosenberg  and  portion  of  Kreise  of  Mareinburg — a  plebiscite  area — within  15 
days  of  coming  into  force  of  Treaty.     (Art.  97.  p.  145;  p.  54-) 

From  Schleswig — designated  portion — withm  10  days  of  coming  into  force  of  Treaty.  (Art.  109,  p.  157; 
p.  58.) 

MEMORANDUM  NO.  3. 

COMMISSIONS  AND  ANALAGOTJS  BODIES  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  CARRYING  OUT  OF  THE  TREATY 
PROVISIONS  (EXCEPT  THE  CLEARING  OFFICES,  THE  REPARATION  COMMISSION,  AND  THE  MIXED 
ARBITRAL  TRIBUNAL,  WHICH  ARE  TREATED  IN  SEPARATE  MEMOS.). 

1 .  Belgium  Boundary  Commission : 

A  commission  composed  of  seven  persons — five  appointed  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers, 
one  by  Germany,  and  one  by  Belgium — will  be  set  up  within  15  days  from  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present 
Treaty  and  will  settle  on  the  spot  the  new  frontier  lines  between  Belgium  and  Germany,  taking  into  account 
the  economic  factors  and  means  of  communication.  Decisions  will  be  taken  by  a  majority  and  will  be  binding 
on  the  parties  concerned.     (Art.  35,  p.  57;  p.  22.) 

2.  Saar  Basin  Boundary  Commission: 

A  commission  composed  of  five  members — one  appointed  by  France,  one  by  Germany,  and  three  by  the 
Council  of  the  League  of  Nations,  which  will  select  nationals  of  other  powers — will  be  constituted  within  15 
days  from  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present  Treaty,  and  will  trace  on  the  spot  the  frontier  Une  prescribed 
by  the  Treaty,  taking  into  consideration  so  far  as  possible  local  economic  interests  and  existing  communal 
boundaries.  The  decisions  of  this  commission  will  be  taken  by  a  majority  and  will  be  binding  on  the  parties 
concerned.     (Art.  48,  p.  67;  p.  24-) 

3.  Saar  Basin  Governing  Commission : 

The  government  of  the  territory  of  the  Saar  Basin  shall  be  entrusted  to  a  commission  representing  the 
League  of  Nations.  This  commission  shall  be  composed  of  five  members  chosen  by  the  Council  of  the  League 
of  Nations — one  to  be  a  citizen  of  PVance,  one  a  native  of  the  Saar  Basin  not  a  citizen  of  P'rance,  and  three 
members  belonging  to  three  countries  other  than  France  or  Germany.  The  members  are  appomted  for  one 
year  and  may  be  reappointed.  They  may  be  removed  by  the  Council  of  the  League  of  Nations,  which  will 
refill  the  positions  so  vacated.  (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  Il,  par.  16,  17,  pp.  77,  79;  p.  29.)  The  chairman, 
appointed  from  the  members  by  the  Council  of  the  League,  will  act  as  the  executive  of  the  commission.  (Id., 
par.  18,  p.  79;  p.  30.) 

Within  the  territory  of  the  Saar  Basin  the  governing  commission  shall  have  all  the  powers  of  government 
hitherto  belonging  to  the  German  Empire,  Prussia,  or  Bavaria,  including  the  appointment  and  dismissal  of 
officials  and  the  creation  of  such  administrative  and  representative  bodies  as  it  may  deem  necessary.  It  shall 
have  full  powers  to  administer  and  operate  the  railroads,  canals,  and  the  different  public  services.  Its  decisions 
shall  be  taken  by  a  majority.     (Id.,  par.  19,  p.  79;  p.  SO.) 

4.  Commission  of  Experts : 

A  commission  of  three  experts — one  nominated  by  Germany,  one  by  France,  and  one,  who  will  be  neither 
a  Frenchman  or  German,  by  tlie  Council  of  the  League  of  Nations — the  decisions  of  the  experts  to  be  given  by 
a  majority,  will  determine  the  price  in  gold  which  Germany  is  to  pay  for  France's  right  of  ownership  in  the 
Saar  Basin  coal  mines,  which  may  be  situated  in  such  part  of  the  territory  of  the  Saar  Basin  as  the  League  of 
Nations  may  decide  favors  a  union  with  Germany  as  the  result  of  the  plebiscite  to  be  held  15  years  from  the 
coming  into  force  of  the  treaty.     (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  Ill,  pars.  34,  36,  pp.  87,  89;  pp.  33,  34.) 

5.  Boundary  Commission  for  Czecho-Slovak  State: 

A  commission  composed  of  seven  members — five  nominated  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers, 
one  by  Poland,  and  one  by  the  Czecho-Slovak  State — will  trace  on  the  spot  the  frontier  line  between  Poland 
and  the  Czecho-Slovak  State.  The  decisions  of  this  commission  will  be  taken  by  a  majority  and  shall  be  binding 
on  the  parties  concerned.     (Art.  83,  p.  119;  p.  44-) 

6.  Boundary  Commission  of  Poland : 

A  commission  consisting  of  seven  members — five  of  whom  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Principal  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers,  one  by  Germany,  and  one  by  Poland — shall  delimit  on  the  spot  the  frontier  line  between 
Poland  and  Germany.  The  decision  of  the  commission  will  be  taken  by  a  majority  of  five  and  shall  be  binding 
on  the  parties  concerned.     (Art.  87,  p.  125;  p.  46.) 

7.  International  Commission  Exercising  Authority  over  Poland  Upper  Silecia  Plebiscite  Area: 

A  commission  composed  of  four  members  designated  by  the  following  powers:  LTnitcd  States  of  America, 
France,  the  British  Empire,  and  Italy,  will  exercise  authority  over  the  plebiscite  area  of  Upper  Silesia.  The 
commission  shall  enjoy  all  the  powers  exercised  by  the  German  or  the  Prussian  Government,  except  those  of 
legislation  or  taxation,  and  shall  have  the  competence  of  interpreting  its  own  powers,  with  authority  to  settle 
all  questions  arising  from  the  execution  of  the  commission  clauses  of  the  Treaty,  which  decision  shall  be  taken 
by  a  majority  vote.  It  shall  be  assisted  by  technical  advisers  chosen  by  it  from  among  the  local  population. 
It  shall  conduct  the  plebiscite  provided  for  by  the  treaty.     (Art.  88,  Annex,  pars.  2,  3,  pp.  129,  131;  p.  48.) 

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34  DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 

8.  International  Commission  Exercising  Authority  over  the  East  Prussia  Plebiscite  Area: 

A  commission  composed  of  five  members  appointed  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  shall 
have  general  powers  of  administration  and  in  particular  will  be  charged  with  the  duty  of  arranging  for  the  vote 
and  of  taking  such  measures  as  it  may  deem  necessary  to  insure  its  freedom,  fairness,  and  secrecy.  The  com- 
mission will  nave  aU  necessary  authority  to  decide  any  questions  to  which  the  execution  of  these  provisions  will 
give  rise  and  will  make  such  arrangements  as  may  be  necessary  for  assistance  in  the  exercise  of  its  functions 
by  officials  chosen  by  itself  from  the  local  population.  Its  decisions  will  be  taken  by  a  majority.  After  the 
vote  has  been  taken  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  will  then  fix  the  frontier  between  East  Prussia 
and  Poland  in  this  region.     (Art.  95,  pp.  141,  143;  p.  52.) 

9.  Boundary  Commission  for  Free  City  of  Danzig: 

A  commission  composed  of  five  members,  three  appointed  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers, 
including  a  High  Commissioner  as  president,  one  appointed  by  Germany  and  one  by  Poland,  shall  delimit  on 
the  spot  the  frontier  of  the  Free  City  of  Danzig  territory,  taking  into  account  as  far  as  possible  the  existing 
communal  boundaries.     (Art.  101,  p.  151;  p.  56.) 

10.  International  Commission  to  Exercise  Authority  over  the  Northern  Schleswig  Plebiscite  Area: 

A  commission  composed  of  five  members,  three  designated  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers, 
one  by  Norway,  and  one  by  Sweden,  or  in  the  event  of  their  failing  to  name  the  members,  these  two  members 
also  to  be  chosen  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  will  exercise  authority  over  the  Northern 
Schleswig  plebiscite  zone. 

The  commission  will  have  general  powers  of  administration,  with  the  power  to  remove  and  replace  Ger- 
man authorities  and  to  take  all  steps  deemed  by  it  necessary  to  insure  the  freedom,  fairness,  and  secrecy  of  the 
vote.  It  shall  be  assisted  by  German  and  Danish  technical  advisers  chosen  by  it  from  among  the  local  popu- 
lation.    Its  decisions  will  be  taken  by  a  majority.     (Art.  109,  pp.  157,  159;  p.  58.) 

11.  Schleswig  Boundary  Commission: 

A  commission  composed  of  seven  members,  five  of  whom  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Principal  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers,  one  by  Denmark,  and  one  by  Germany,  shall  be  constituted  within  15  days  from  the  date 
when  the  final  result  of  the  vote  is  known,  to  trace  the  frontier  line  on  the  spot. 

The  decisions  of  the  commission  will  be  taken  by  a  majority  of  votes  and  shall  be  binding  on  the  parties 
concerned.     (Art.  Ill,  p.  163;  p.  60.) 

12.  Mihtary  Inter-AUied  Commission  of  Control: 

The  Mihtarv  Inter-AUied  Commission  of  Control  will  represent  the  Governments  of  the  Principal  AUied 
and  Associated  "Powers  in  dealing  with  the  German  Government  in  all  matters  concerning  the  execution  of  the 
military  clauses.     (Art.  208,  p.  229;  p.  85.) 

The  number  of  members  composing  this  commission  and  its  internal  procedure  are  not  provided  for. 

The  members  of  the  commission  are  appointed  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  (Art.  203, 
p.  227;  p.  85.) 

13.  Naval  Inter- Allied  Commission  of  Control: 

The  Naval  Inter-AUied  Commission  of  Control  wUl  represent  the  Governments  of  the  Principal  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers  in  dealing  with  the  German  Government  in  all  matters  concerning  the  execution  of  the 
naval  clauses.     (Art.  209,  p.  231;    p.  86.) 

The  members  are  appointed  by  the  Principal  AUied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  203,  p.  227;   j).  85.) 
The  method  of  appointment  and  provisions  for  the  internal  government  of  the  commission  are  not  given. 

14.  The  Aeronautical  Inter-Allied  Commission  of  Control: 

The  Aeronautical  Inter-AUied  Commission  of  Control  will  represent  the  Governments  of  the  Principal 
Allied  and  Associated  Powers  in  dealing  with  the  German  Government  in  all  matters  concerning  the  execution 
of  the  air  clauses.     (Art.  210,  p.  233;  p.  86.) 

The  members  are  appointed  by  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Art.  203,  p.  227;  p.  85.) 
The  number  of  members  of  the  internal  procedure  of  the  commission  are  not  provided  for. 

15.  Prisoners'  Commission: 

A  commission  composed  of  representatives  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  on  the  one  part  and  of  the 
German  Government  on  the  other  will  carry  out  the  repatriation  of  German  prisoners  of  war  and  interned 
civilians. 

For  each  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powei-s  a  subcommission  composed  exclusively  of  represntatives  of 
the  interested  Power  and  of  delegates  of  the  German  Government,  sliall  regulate  the  details  of  carrying  into 
effect  the  repatriation  of  the  prisoners  of  war.     (Art.  215,  p.  237;  p.  88.) 

The  repatriation  of  prisoners  of  war  and  interned  civilians  shall  take  place  as  soon  as  possible  after  the 
coming  into  force  of  the  present  treaty  and  shall  be  carried  out  with  the  greatest  rapidity.  (Art.  214,  p.  237; 
p.  87.) 

16.  Commission  on  Graves: 

Germany  agrees  to  recognize  any  commission  appointed  by  an  Allied  or  Associated  Government  for  the 
purpose  of  identifying,  registering,  caring  for,  or  erecting  suitable  memorials  over  the  graves  of  soldiers  and 
sailors  biiried  in  German  territory,  and  to  facilitate  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  such  commissions.  This  pro- 
vision seems  to  be  reciprocal  in  favor  of  Germany.     (Art.  225,  p.  243;  p.  89.) 


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17.  Commission  on  Social  and  State  Insurance  in  Ceded  Territory: 

A  commission  of  five  members,  one  appointed  by  the  German  Government,  one  by  the  other  interested 
Government,  and  three  by  the  governing  body  of  the  International  Labor  Office  from  the  nationals  of  other 
States,  shall  determine  the  conditions  of  transfer  of  such  portions  of  the  reserves  accumulated  by  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  German  Empire  or  of  German  States,  or  by  public  or  private  organizations  imder  their  control,  as 
is  attributable  to  the  carrying  on  of  social  or  State  insurance  in  ceded  territory,  unless  such  transfer  has  been 
arranged  by  special  convention  within  three  months  after  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present  treaty.  (Ai  t. 
312,  p.  427,  429;  p.  155-156.) 

18.  International  Commission  for  the  Elbe  (Labe)  River: 

The  Elbe  (Labe)  shall  be  placed  under  the  administration  of  an  international  commission  which  shall  com- 
prise four  representatives  of  the  German  States  bordering  on  the  river,  two  representatives  of  the  Czecho-Slovak 
State,  one  representative  of  Great  Britain,  one  representative  of  France,  one  representative  of  Italy,  and  one 
representative  of  Belgium.  Whatever  be  the  number  of  members  present,  each  delegation  shall  have  the  right 
to  record  a  number  of  votes  equal  to  the  number  of  representatives  allotted  to  it.  If  certain  of  these  represen- 
tatives can  not  be  appointed  at  the  time  of  the  comhig  into  force  of  the  present  Treaty,  the  decisions  of  the 
commission  shall  nevertheless  be  valid.     (Art.  340,  p.  451;  p.  I64.) 

This  commission  shall  proceed  immediately  to  prepare  a  project  for  the  revision  of  existing  international 
agreements  and  regulations  (Art.  343,  p.  453;  p.  164),  which  project  shall  designate  the  headquarters  of  the 
commission,  prescribe  the  manner  in  which  its  president  is  to  be  nominated,  specify  the  extent  of  the  commis- 
sion's powers,  particularly  in  regard  to  the  execution  of  works  of  maintenance,  control,  and  improvements  on 
the  river  system,  the  financial  regime,  the  fixing  and  collection  of  charges  and  regulations  for  navigation,  and 
shall  define  the  sections  of  the  river  or  its  tributaries  to  which  the  international  regime  shall  be  applied.  (Art. 
344,  p.  453;  p.  165.) 

19.  International  Commission  for  the  Oder  (Odra)  River: 

The  Oder  (Odra)  shall  be  placed  under  the  administration  of  an  international  commission  which  shall 
comprise  one  representative  of  Poland,  three  representatives  of  Prussia,  one  representative  of  the  Czecho- 
slovak State,  one  representative  of  Great  Britain,  one  representative  of  France,  one  representative  of  Denmark, 
and  one  representative  of  Sweden. 

If  certain  of  these  representatives  can  not  be  appointed  at  the  time  of  the  coming  nto  force  of  the  present 
Treaty,  the  decisions  of  the  commission  shall  nevertheless  be  valid.     (Art.  341,  p.  451 ;  p.  164-) 

This  commission  shall  proceed  immediately  to  prepare  a  project  for  the  revision  of  existing  international 
agreements  and  regulations  (Art.  343,  p.  453;  p.  164),  which  project  shall  designate  the  headquarters  of  the 
commission,  prescribe  the  manner  in  which  its  President  is  to  be  nominated,  specify  the  extent  of  the  commis- 
sion's powers,  particularly  in  regard  to  the  execution  of  works  of  maintenance,  control,  and  river  improvements 
on  the  river  system,  the  financial  regime,  the  fixing  and  collection  of  charges  and  regidations  for  navigation, 
and  shall  define  the  sections  of  the  river  or  its  tributaries  to  which  the  international  regime  shall  be  apiilied. 
(Art.  344,  p.  453;  p.  165.) 

20.  Intei-national  Commission  of  the  Niemen  (Russstrom-Memel-Niemen)  River: 

Upon  request  to  the  League  of  Nations  by  any  riparian  State,  the  Niemen  (Russstrom-Memel-Niemen) 
shall  be  placed  under  the  administration  of  an  international  commission,  which  shall  comprise  one  representa- 
tive of  each  riparian  State  and  three  representatives  of  other  States  specified  by  the  League  of  Nations.  (Ai-t. 
342,  p.  453;  p.  I64.) 

21.  International  Commission  for  the  Danube  System: 

A  commission  shall  be  appointed  composed  of  two  representatives  of  German  riparian  States,  one  repre- 
sentative of  each  other  riparian  State,  and  one  representative  of  each  nonriparian  represented  in  the  future  on 
the  European  Commission  of  the  Danube,  and  shall  be  placed  in  charge  of  the  administration  of  the  Danube 
system  referred  to  in  Article  331  (p.  443;  p.  161). 

If  certain  of  these  representatives  can  not  be  appointed  at  the  time  of  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present 
Treaty,  the  decisions  of  the  commission  shall  nevertheless  be  valid.     (Art.  347,  p.  455;  p.  165.) 

This  commission  shall  undertake  provisionally  the  administration  of  the  river  in  conformity  with  the  prin- 
ciples of  Articles  332  to  337  (pp.  445-447;  pp.  161,  162)  until  such  time  as  a  definite  statute  regarding  the 
Danube  is  concluded  by  the  Powers  nominated  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  (Art.  348,  p.  455;  p.  165.) 
This  conference  will  be  of  the  Powers  nominated  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  (Art.  349,  p.  457; 
p.  166.) 

22.  Commission  Free  Zones  in  Northern  Ports: 

A  commission  consisting  of  one  delegate  of  Germany,  one  delegate  of  the  Czecho-Slovak  State,  and  one 
delegate  of  Great  Britain  shall  decide  as  to  the  delimitation  of  the  free  zones  in  Hamburg  and  Stettin,  which 
Germany  shall  lease  to  the  Czecho-Slovak  State  for  a  period  of  99  years  (Art.  363,  p.  469;  p.  170)  and  the 
equipment  of  such  areas,  their  exploitation,  and  in  general  all  conditions  for  their  utilization,  including  the 
amount  of  the  rental.  Such  conditions  shall  be  susceptible  of  revision  every  10  years  in  the  same  manner  and 
Germany  declares  in  advance  that  she  will  adhere  to  the  decisions  so  taken.     (Art.  364,  p.  471;  p.  170.) 

23.  Commission  of  E.xperts  on  Railways: 

Commission  of  Experts  on  Railways  designated  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  on  which  Germany 
shall  be  represented,  shall  as  regards  railway  lines,  ceded  by  Germany  to  States  obtaining  part  of  her  territory, 
where  said  railway  lines  have  no  special  rolling  stock,  fix  the  proportion  of  the  stock  existing  on  the  system 


36  DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 

to  which  the  hnes  belong,  which  Germany  sliall  hand  over  to  the  ceded  system.  These  commissions  shall  also 
specify  the  locomotives,  "carriages,"  and  "wagons"  to  be  handed  over  in  each  case;  they  shall  decide  upon 
tne  conditions  of  their  acceptance  and  shall  make  the  provisional  arrangement  necessary  to  ensure  their  repair 
in  German  workshops.     (Art.  371,  p.  477;  y.  173.) 

The  High  Contracting  Parties  agree  that,  in  the  absence  of  any  subsequent  agreement  to  the  contrary,  the 
chairman  of  any  commission  established  by  the  present  Treaty  shall  in  tne  event  of  an  equality  of  votes  be 
entitled  to  a  second  vote.     (Art.  437,  p.  533;  p.  19.) 

MEMORANDUM  NO.  4. 
THE  REPARATION  COMMISSION. 

1.  Constitution  and  Personnel  of  the  Commission  (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  p.  261  et  seq.;  p.  96,  et  seq.): 

Each  of  the  Powers  named  below  will  appoint  one  delegate  and  also  one  assistant  delegate,  who  takes 
the  delegate's  place  in  case  of  the  latter's  illness  or  necessary  absence,  the  assistant  delegate  at  other  times 
having  merely  the  right  to  be  present  at  proceedings  without  taking  any  part  therein. 

These  powers  are  the  United  States  of  America,  Great  Britain,  France,  Italy,  Japan,  Belgium,  and  the 
Serb-Croat-Slovene  State.  On  no  occasion  shall  more  than  five  of  the  Powers  have  the  right  to  take  part  in 
the  proceedings  of  the  commission  and  record  votes,  and  the  delegates  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain, 
France,  and  Italy  shall  have  the  right  on  all  occasions.  The  delegate  of  Belgium  shall  sit  whenever  the  delegate 
of  Japan  (who  sits  on  questions  relating  to  damage  at  sea  and  the  condemnation  of  concessions  in  Russia, 
China,  etc.,  Art.  260,  p.  317;  p.  116,  or  the  delegate  of  the  Serb-Croat-Slovene  State,  who  sits  on  questions  relat- 
ing to  Austria,  Hungary,  or  Bulgaria)  does  not  sit. 

Any  Government  represented  on  the  commission  may  withdraw  upon  12  months'  notice  filed  with  the 
commission,  the  notice  being  confirmed  in  the  course  of  the  sixth  month  after  the  date  of  the  original  notice. 

Other  interested  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  may  appoint  a  delegate  to  be  present  and  act  as  assessor 
in  respect  to  that  Power's  claims  and  interests  when  under  examination  or  discussion,  but  the  assessor  has  no 
right  to  vote. 

Proceedings  of  the  commission  are  private  unless  the  commission  otherwise  determines. 

There  shall  be  a  chairman  or  vice  chairman  of  the  commission  holding  office  for  one  year  and  eligible  for 
reelection . 

The  German  Government  will  accord  to  the  members  of  the  commission  and  its  authorized  agents  the  same 
rights  and  immunities  as  aic  enjoyed  in  Gennany  by  duly  accredited  diplomatic  agents  of  friendly  Powers  and 
will  pay  the  salaries  and  expenses  of  the  commission  and  of  its  staff.     (Art.  240,  p.  255;  p.  94-) 

A  member  of  the  commission  is  responsible  to  his  own  Government  for  his  acts  of  omission  or  commission, 
and  no  Allied  or  Associated  Government  assumes  any  responsibility  in  respect  to  any  other  Government. 

The  commission  shall  be  dissolved  when  all  the  amounts  due  from  Germany  and  her  Allies  under  the  present 
Treaty  or  the  decisions  of  the  commission  have  been  discharged  and  all  sums  received,  or  their  equivalents 
shall  have  been  distributed  to  the  Powers  interested.     (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  23,  p.  277;  p.  101.) 

Powers  and  Jurisdiction  of  the  Commission  (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  p.  261;  p.  96): 

The  commission  is  not  bound  by  any  code  or  rules  of  law  or  by  any  particular  rule  of  evidence  of  procedure, 
"but  shall  be  guided  by  justice,  eq[uity,  and  good  faith."  Cases  involving  the  same  principles  and  rules  should 
be  similarly  decided.  The  commission  will  establish  rules  relating  to  methods  of  proof  of  claims  and  will  act 
on  any  trustworthy  modes  of  computation.     (Par.  11.) 

The  commission  has  the  right  to  appoint  all  necessary  officers,  agents,  and  employees  requisite  for  the 
executions  of  its  functions  and  fix  their  remuneration;  may  constitute  committees,  whose  members  need  not 
be  members  of  the  commission;  take  all  executive  steps  necessary  for  the  discharge  of  its  duties;  and  delegate 
authority  and  discretion  to  officers,  agents,  and  committees.     (Par.  7.) 

"The  commission  shall  in  general  have  wide  latitude  as  to  its  control  and  handling  of  the  whole  reparation 
problem  as  dealt  with  in  this  part  of  the  present  Treaty  and  shall  have  authority  to  interpret  its  provisions. 
Subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  present  Treaty,  the  commission  is  constituted  by  the  several  Allied  and  Asso- 
ciated Governments  referred  to  in  paragraphs  2  and  3  above  (those  appointing  delegates  and  assessors)  as  the 
exclusive  agency  of  the  said  Governments,  respectively,  for  receiving,  selling,  holding,  and  distributing  the 
reparation  payments  to  be  made  by  Germany  under  this  part  of  the  present  Treaty."     (Par.  12.) 

The  Reparation  Commission  determines  the  amount  of  damage  for  which  compensation  is  to  be  made  by 
Germany  after  giving  the  German  Government  a  "just  opportunity"  to  be  heard  (Art.  233,  p.  251;  p.  92), 
but  Germany  may  take  no  part  in  the  decisions  of  the  commission,  which  shall  also  afford  a  similar  opportunity 
to  the  Alfies  of  Germany  when  it  shall  consider  that  their  interests  are  in  question.  (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  10, 
p.  265;  /;.  97.) 

The  following  additional  functions  are  worthy  of  note: 

The  Reparation  Commission  shall — 

Draw  up  a  schedule  of  payments  prescribing  the  time  and  manner  for  securing  and  discharging  the  entire 
obligation  within  a  period  of  30  years  from  May  1,  1921.     (Art.  233,  p.  251;  p.  92.) 

Determine  in  its  discretion  when  and  to  what  extent  the  payments  of  Germany  shall  be  extended  or  modified 
(Arts.  233,  234,  p.  251 ;  p.  92),  and  shall  hear  evidence  and  arguments  on  the  part  of  Germany  on  any  questions 
connected  with  her  capacity  to  pay.     (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  9,  p.  265;  p.  97.) 


DATA  OX  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY.  37 

Dotcfiniiic  witliin  the  limits  of  nilos  laid  down  the  amount  of  bonds  or  other  obhgations  which  Germany 
shall  issue  anil  as  to  when  they  sluUl  be  issued,  which  bonds  are  to  be  both  a  guarantee  and  aTi  acknowledgment 
of  the  debt  tiiev  cover.     (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  12,  p.  26!),  ct  scq.;  p.  99.) 

Lay  down  the  procedure  under  whicii  shall  be  restored  cash  and  property  seized  or  sequestrated  by  Gerrhany 
during  tlie  war.     (Art.  23S,  p.  255,  p.  93.)  .  ^^^ 

Keceive  from  Germany  the  merchant  ships  and  fishing  boats  which  she  must  deliver.     (Art.  244,  Annex  III, 

p.  277:  p.  102.) 

Determmes  the  specifications  of  the  ships  to  be  built  l)y  Germany  for  the  account  of  the  Allied  and  Asso- 
ciated Governments,  the  conditions  imder  which  they  are  to  be  built  and  delivered,  the  price  per  ton  at  which 
they  are  to  be  accoimtcd  for  by  the  Reparation  Commission,  and  all  other  cjuestions  relating  to  the  account- 
ing^ ordering,  buildhig,  and  delivery  of  the  ships.     (Id.,  p.  279;  p.  103.) 

Take  title  to  that  portion  of  the  German  River  fleet  which  is  turned  over  to  make  good  the  losses  mcm-red 
during  the  war  bv  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.     (Id.  p.  281;  p.  103.) 

Consider  the"^  lists  filed  with  it  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Governments  showhig  animals,  machmery, 
equipment,  tools,  and  like  articles  of  a  commercial  character,  which  have  been  seized,  consumed,  or  destroyed 
by  Germany,  or  destroyed  in  direct  conse([uence  of  military  operations,  which  the  Governments  desire  to  have 
restored  for  meethig  their  immediate  and  m-gejit  needs,  as  also  of  reconstruction  materials  (stones,  bricks, 
refractory  bricks,  tiles,  wood,  window  glass,  steel,  lime,  cement,  etc.),  machinery,  heatmg  apparatus,  furni- 
ture andlike  articles  which  the  powers  desire  to  have  produced  and  manufactured  in  Germany  and  delivered 
to  tliem  to  permit  of  the  restoration  of  tlie  invaded  areas.  The  commission  shall  then  determine  the  amomit 
and  numijer  of  rriaterials  and  animals  mentioned  in  the  lists  which  Germany  is  to  be  required  to  furnish.  (Id., 
Annex  IV,  pp.  283,  285;  p.  /aHfo.) 

Give  the  representatives  of  the  German  Government  an  opportunity  and  a  time  to  be  heard  on  their 
ability  to  furnish  such  materials,  articles,  and  animals.     (Id.,  p.  287;  p.  Wo.) 

Determine  the  value  to  be  attributed  to  such  materials,  articles,  and  animals  and  the  amount  thereof  to 
be  credited  against  the  reparation  account.     (Id.,  p.  287;  «.  W5.) 

Pass  upon  the  amount  of  coal  which  Germany  shoidd  be  cali(>d  upon  to  furnisli  under  tlic  options  granted 
in  the  Treaty,  as  also  the  replacement  of  coke  for  coal,  the  dehverv  of  benzol,  coal  tar,  and  sulphate  of  ammonia. 
(Art.  244,  Annex  V,  p.  291,  et  seq. ;  p.  106,  et  seq.) 

Have  the  right  to  require  the  delivery  of  50  per  cent  of  the  total  stock  of  each  and  every  kind  of  dyestuff 
and  chemical  drug  in  Germany  or  under"  German  control  at  the  date  of  the  coming  into  force  of  the  treaty, 
the  price  to  be  paid  for  such  dyestuffs  and  so  to  be  credited  against  the  reparation  accomit  to  be  fixed  by  the 
commission.  {Art.  244,  Annex  VI,  p.  295,  et  seq.;  p.  108.)  Germany  also  agrees  to  dehver  during  any  six 
montlis  period  up  to  January  1,  1925,  up  to  25  per  cent  of  the  German  production  of  such  dyestuffs  and  chem- 
icals produced  during  the  preceding  six  months,  or  25  per  cent  of  the  normal  production.  (Id.,  par.  2,  p.  297; 
p.  109.) 

Have  the  power  to  make  exceptions  to  the  priority  distribution  provided  by  the  Treaty  for  the  revenue 
of  the  German  Empire  and  its  constituent  States.     (Art.  248,  p.  305;  p.  HI.) 

Determine  the  amount  of  the  public  debt  (Empire  or  State)  which  cessionary  States  shall  assume  in  respect 
to  the  territorial  areas  ceded  to  them,  as  also  the  method  of  discharging  such  obligation.  (Art.  254,  p.  309 ; 
p.  113.) 

Fix  the  value  of  all  State  property  ceded  by  the  Treaty  to  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  which  prop- 
erty shall  include  the  private  property  of  the  former  German  Em])eror  and  other  royal  personages,  such  value 
to  be  paid  by  the  acquiring  States  to  the  .Reparation  Commission  tor  credit  on  the  reparation  account  in  favor 
of  the  German  Government.     (Art.  256,  p.  311;  p. /i.^-) 

May  demand  that  the  German  Government  become  possessed  of  rights  and  interests  of  Gemian  nationals 
in  public  utilities  and  concessions  in  Russia,  China,  Turkey,  Austria,  Hungary,  and  Bulgaria  or  hi  the  posses- 
sions or  dependencies  of  these  States  or  any  territory  formerly  belonging  to  Germany  or  her  allies  to  be  ceded 
by  Germany  or  her  allies  to  any  Power  or  to  be  administered  by  a  mandatory  vmder  the  present  Treaty;  and 
may  require  the  German  Government  to  transfer  all  such  rights  and  interests  to  the  Reparation  Commission, 
which  snail  credit  Germanv  on  the  reparation  account  the  value  of  said  rights  and  interests  as  assessed  by 
itself.     (Art.  260,  p.  317;  p.  116.) 

Is  authorized  to  accept  on  account  of  the  bill  agamst  Germany  lor  the  total  amount  of  her  damage  (which 
shall  be  concluded  and  notified  to  the  German  Government  on  or  before  May  1 ,  1921,  as  representing  the  extent 
of  the  Government's  obligations)  (Art.  233,  p.  251 ;  p.  92)  chattels,  properties,  commodities,  businesses,  rights, 
concessions,  within  or  without  Gennany  territory,  snips,  bonds,  shares  or  securities  of  any  kind,  or  currencies 
of  Germany  or  other  States,  the  value  of  such  substitutes  for  gold  bemg  fixed  at  a  fair  and  just  amount  by  the 
commission  itself,  whicli  shall  have  due  regard  in  acceptmg  such  payments,  for  any  legal  or  equitable  uiter- 
ests  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  or  of  neutral  Powers  or  of  their  nationals  therein.  (Art.  244,  Annex 
II,  pars.  19,  20,  p.  275;  p.  10 1.) 

Determine  the  debt  Belgium  owes  to  tiie  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  incurred  up  to  November  11, 
1918,  with  uiterest  at  5  per  cent,  and  acce])t  German  bonds  for  this  amount.     (Art.  232,  p.  249;  p.  91.) 

Make  decisions  regardmg  cancellation  of  German  debt  (Ai-t.  234,  p.  251,  p.  92;  Ai-t.  244,  Annex  II,  par. 
13,  p.  271;  p.  99),  accompanied  by  a  statement  of  reasons  (Ai-t.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  12  (f),  p.  269,  p.  99),  but 
any  cancellation  must  be  with  the  specific  authority  of  the  several  Governments  represented  upon  the  com- 
mission.    (Art.  234,  p.  251;  p.  92.) 

Recjuire  information  from  German  Government  relative  to  financial  situation  and  operation  and  to  tlie 
property  productive  capacity,  and  stocks  and  current  production  ot  raw  materials  and  manufactured  articles 
of  Germany  and  her  nationals,  also  information  rcgarduig  military  operations.     (iVi't.  240,  p.  255;  2^-  ^4-) 


38  DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY. 

Determine  credits  to  be  made  to  German}-  on  account  of  transfers,  rights,  concessions,  of  otlier  interests 
not  specifically  covered.     (Art.  24.3,  p.  257;  f.  94-) 

Must  take  bonds  and  undertakings  from  Germany  as  stipulated.     (Art.  244,  Aimex  II.  par.  12  (c),  p.  267; 

May  take  into  account  in  fixing  total  amount  of  debt  against  Germany,  interest  due  on  suras  arising  out 
of  the  reparation  of  material  damages  as  from  November  11,  1918,  up  to  May  1,  1921.  (Art.  244,  Annex  II, 
par.  16,  p.  273;  p.  100.) 

Make  recommendation  of  action  to  be  taken  against  Germany  in  case  of  default  by  Germany  in  performance 
of  any  obligation  imposed  by  Part  VIII.  (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  17,  p.  273;  p.  100;  and  see  Art.  430,  p.  521 ; 
p.  189.) 

Indicate  to  German  Government  measures  to  be  taken  by  it  to  secure  fuU  title  to  ships  transferred  to 
neutral  flags  during  war,  or  now  in  process  of  such  transfer  without  consent  of  Allied  or  Associated  Govern 
ments.     (Art.  244,  Annex  III,  par.  7,  p.  281;  p.  103.) 

Detennine  amounts  representing  expenditures  by  the  German  Empire  or  States  upon  the  Government 


properties  referred  to  in  Article  256.     (Art.  255,  p.  311;  p.  113.) 

1  property  ceded 
Determine  amount  of  German  debt  arising  from  measures  adopted  by  the  German  and  Pi-ussian  Govern- 


Determine  value  of  Saar  Basin  property  ceded  to  France.     (Art.  50,  Annex,  Chap.  I,  par.  5,  p.  71;  p.  27.) 


ments  with  a  view  to  German  colonization  of  Poland.     (Art.  92,  p.  137;  p.  51.) 

Approve  estimates  of  French  Government  relating  to  deposits,  credits,  and  advances  effected  uniler  the 
agreements  dealing  with  Equatorial  Africa.     (Art.  125,  p.  171;  p.  64-.) 

Determine  value  of  buildings,  forests,  and  other  State  property  which  belonged  to  former  Kingdom  of 
Poland.     (Art.  92,  p.  137;  p.  Ji.) 

Determine  value  of  Germany's  portion  of  the  capital  of  the  State  Bank  of  Morocco.  (Ai't.  145,  p.  183; 
V-68.) 

All  proceedings  of  the  commission  shall  be  private,  unless  on  particular  occasions  the  commission  shal 
otherwise  determine  for  special  reasons.     (Art.  244,  Annex  II,  par.  S,  p.  265;  p.  97.) 

MEMORANDUM  NO.   5. 

CLEARING  OFFICES. 

PROPERTY,  RIGHTS,  AND  INTERESTS,  INCLUDING  PECUNIARY  OBLIGATIONS  OK  GERxMAN  NATIONALS  IN  ALLIED 
AND  ASSOCIATED  COUNTRIES  AND  OF  THE  NATIONALS  OF  THE  ALLIED  AND  ASSOCIATED  COUNTRIES  IN 
GERMANY. 

[See  generally  Part  X,  Sec.  Ill,  pp.  347-367,  pp.  127-U3,  and  Sec.  IV,  pp.  367-385,  pp.  134-141.'] 

First.  As  to  the  property  of  German  nationals  in  Allied  and  Associated  territory : 

Under  the  Treaty  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  reserve  the  right  to  retain  and  liquidate  aU  property, 
rights,  and  interests  belonging  at  the  date  of  the  coming  into  force  of  tlie  present  Treaty  to  German  nationals, 
or  companies  controlled  by  them,  within  their  territories,  colonies,  possessions,  and  protectorates,  including 
territory  ceded  to  them  by  the  present  Treaty,  this  liquidation  to  be  carried  out  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of 
the  allied  or  associated  state  concerned,  the  price  to  be  fixed  in  accordance  with  the  methods  of  sale  or  valua- 
tion adopted  by  the  laws  of  the  country  in  which  the  property  has  been  retained  or  liquidated.  Proceeds  of 
industrial  property  dealt  with  m  the  same  way,  unless  legislation  ui  force  at  the  time  of  signatm-e  of  treaty, 
otherwise  directs.  (Art.  306,  p.  417;  p.  152.)  The  German  owner  shall  not  be  able  to  dispose  of  his  property, 
right,  or  interests,  nor  to  subject  them  to  any  charge  without  the  consent  of  the  State  in  which  the  property 
is  located.     (Art.  297  (b),  p.'367;  ;/>.  iJ^.) 

Tlie  Treaty  also  provides  that  as  between  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  or  their  nationals  on  the  one 
hand  and  Germany  or  her  nationals  on  the  other  hand  all  the  exceptional  war  measures  or  measures  of  transfer 
(both  of  which  terms  are  defined  in  the  Treaty,  see  Art.  298,  Aimex,  par.  3  and  4,  p.  377,  379,  p.  138,  and  cover 
rouglily  activities  such  as  those  of  the  Alien  Property  Custodian  in  the  United  States)  or  acts  done  or  to  be 
done  in  execution  of  such  measures  as  defined  in  paragraphs  1  and  3  of  the  Annex  to  Ai-ticle  298  (pp.  375-377; 
pp.  137-138)  shall  be  considered  as  final  and  binding  upon  all  persons  except  as  regards  the  reservations  laid 
down  in  the  Treaty. 

Paragraph  1  (p.  375;  p.  137)  of  the  Aimex  above  mentioned  amplifies  this  confirmation  of  the  exceptional 
war  measures  or  measures  of  transfer  by  the  powers  (and  as  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1,  of  Germany  also). 
Paragraph  2  (p.  377;  p.  137)  provides  further  that  no  claim  or  action  shall  be  made  or  brought  against  any 
j\lliea  or  Associated  Power  or  against  any  person  acting  on  behalf  of  or  under  the  direction  of  any  legal  authority 
or  department  of  the  Government  of  such  a  Power  by  Germany  or  by  any  German  national  wherever  resident 
in  respect  of  any  action  or  omission  with  regard  to  his  property,  right,  or  interests  during  the  war  or  in  prepara- 
tion for  the  war.  Similarly  no  claim  or  action  shall  be  made  or  brought  against  any  person  in  respect  of  any 
act  or  omission  under  or  in  accordance  with  the  exceptional  war  measures,  laws,  or  regulations  of  any  Allied 
or  Associated  Power. 

The  property,  rights,  and  interests  of  German  nationals  will  continue  to  be  subject  to  exceptional  war 
measures  that  have  been  or  will  be  taken  with  regard  to  them  pursuant  to  the  authorization  above  recited  until 
the  complete  liquidation  therein  contemplated  has  been  completed.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  9,  p.  381;  p.  139.) 


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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TKEATY.  39 

Kurtheniiorc  all  investments  wheresoever  effected  with  the  cash  assets  of  the  nationals  of  the  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers  and  Germany,  including  corapanies  and  associations  in  which  such  nationals  were  interested, 
by  pei-sons  responsible  for  the  administration  of  enemy  property  or  having  control  over  such  administration  or 
by  order  of  sucli  pei-sons  or  of  any  authority  whatsoever,  shall  be  annulled.  These  cash  assets  shall  be  accounted 
for  irrespective  o?  any  such  investments.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  12,  p.  383;  p.  I4O.) 

Again  compensation  in  respect  of  damages  or  injuries  inflicted  upon  the  property  of  the  iiationals  of  Allied 
and  Associated  Powers  in  Germany  may  be  charged  upon  the  property  of  German  nationals  witliin  the  territory 
or  under  the  control  of  the  creditor  national's  State.  Tliis  German  property  may  be  constituted  as  a  pledge 
for  enemy  liabilities  under  the  conditions  fixed  by  paragraph  4  of  the  Annex  hereto.  The  payment  of  the  com- 
pensation may  be  made  by  the  Allied  or  Associated  State  and  the  amount  will  be  debited  to  Germany.  (Art. 
297  (e),  p.  369;  p.  134.) 

Finally  Germany  undertakes  to  compensate  her  nationals  in  respect  of  the  sales  or  retention  of  their  property, 
rights,  or  interests  in  Allied  or  Associate(l  States.     (Art.  297  (i),  p.  373 ;  p.  136.) 

Secoivd.  The  property  of  the  nationals  of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  in  Germany: 

In  the  first  place  the  exceptional  war  measures  and  measures  of  transfer  (defined  as  already  indicated), 
taken  by  Germany  with  respect  to  the  property,  rights,  and  interests  of  the  nationals  of  Allied  and  Associated 
Powei-s  including  companies  and  associations  \n  which  they  are  interested,  when  liquidation  has  not  been  com- 
pleted, shall  be  immediately  discontinued  or  stayed  and  the  property,  rights,  and  interests  concerned  restored 
to  their  ownei-s  who  shall  enjoy  full  rights  therein  as  provided  in  tlie  Treaty.     (Art.  297  (a),  p.  367;  p.  134-) 

As  to  the  confirmation  (of  paragraph  1  of  the  Annex  to  Art.  298,  p.  375;  p.  137)  of  the  complete  acts  of  the 
German  Government  instmmentalities  (equivalent  to  the  American  Alien  Pi-operty  Custodian)  there  is  this 
proviso :  This  confirmation  will  not  ap))ly  to  such  of  the  measures  mentioned  as  have  been  taken  by  the  Gemian 
authorities  in  invaded  or  occupied  territory,  nor  to  such  of  the  mentioned  measures  as  have  been  taken  by  Ger- 
many or  the  German  authorities  since  November  11,  1918,  all  of  which  shall  be  void.  (Art.  298,  Annex,  ])ar.  1, 
p.  377;  p.  137.) 

As  to  the  property  and  rights  of  the  nationals  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  Powei-s  within  whose  territory 
legislative  measures  prescribing  the  general  liquidation  of  enemy  pi-o])erty,  rights,  or  interests  were  not  appUed 
before  the  signature  of  the  armistice  the  following  procedure  may  be  liad.  (Art.  297  (f)  (g),  pp.  369-371; 
p.  135.) 

Wlienever  a  national  of  such  a  power  is  entitled  to  property  wliich  has  been  subjected  to  a  measiu-e  of 
transfer  in  German  territory,  and  expresses  a  desire  for  its  restitution,  his  claim  for  compensation  shall  be  satis- 
fied by  the  restitution  of  the  said  property,  if  it  still  exists  in  specie,  free  from  any  encmnbrances  or  burdens  with 
which  it  may  have  been  charged  after  the  liquidation,  all  third  parties  injured  by  the  restitution  being  indemni- 
fied. Allied  and  Associated  Powers  must  specify  the  property,  rights,  and  interests  as  to  which  they  intend 
to  exercise  this  right  of  restitution  which  will  be  carried  out  by  order  of  the  German  Government  or  of  the  authori- 
ties which  have  been  substituted  for  it.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  7,  p.  381;  p.  139.) 

As  to  all  such  property,  rights,  and  interests  so  restored  Gernuvny  undertakes  to  restore  and  maintain 
such  property  in  the  legal  position  obtainuig  in  respect  of  the  property,  rights,  and  interests  of  German  uationals 
under  the  laws  in  force  before  the  war,  and  not  to  subject  any  such  property,  rights,  or  hiterests  to  any  meas- 
ures in  derogation  of  property  rights  which  will  not  apjjly  equally  to  property  rights  and  interests  of  German 
nationals  and  to  pay  adequate  compensation  in  the  event  of  the  application  of  these  measures.  (^Vrt.  298,  p. 
373;  p.  136.)  These  provisions  apply  also  to  property  as  to  which  exceptional  war  measures  of  transfer  have 
been  discontinued. 

Furthermore,  the  nationals  of  ^VUied  and  Associated  Powers  shall  be  entitled  to  compensation  in  respect  of 
damages  or  injury  inflicted  upon  then  property,  rights,  or  hiterests,  including  any  company  or  association  in 
which  they  are  interested  in  German  territory  as  it  existed  on  August  1,  1914,  by  the  application  either  of  the 
exceptional  war  measures  or  measures  of  transfer  mentioned  in  paragraphs  1  and  3  of  the  Annex  hereto.  The 
claims  made  in  this  respect  by  such  nationals  shall  be  investigated  and  the  total  of  the  comjjensation  shall  be 
determined  by  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal  provided  for  in  Section  VI  of  Part  X  or  by  an  arbitrator  appointed 
by  that  tribunal.     (Art.  297  (e),  p.  369;  p.  134.) 

Finally,  Germany  must,  witliin  six  months  from  the  coming  hito  force  of  the  present  Treaty,  deliver  to 
each  Allied  or  Associated  Power  all  securities,  certificates,  deeds,  or  other  documents  of  title  held  by  its  nationals 
and  relating  to  property,  rights,  or  interests  situated  in  the  territory  of  that  Allied  or  Associated  Power,  including 
any  bonds,  stocks,  debentm-es,  debenture  stocks,  or  other  obligations  of  any  company  incorporated  in  accordance 
with  the  laws  of  that  power.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  j>ar.  10,  p.  383;  p.  139.) 

In  brief,  Germany  is  to  cease  all  exceptional  war  measures  and  measures  of  transfer  and  restore  to  the  nationals 
of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  their  property  affected  thereby;  is  to  restore  any  of  their  property  still 
existing  in  specie;  is  to  gi-ant  compensation  for  all  damages  or  injuries  inflicted  upon  their  property;  and  is  to 
deliver  to  each  of  the  Powers  the  securities  held  by  Gennans  of  any  company  ereateil  under  tlie  laws  of  the 
Power. 

Third.  Disposition  of  the  proceeds  of  enemy  property: 

The  net  proceeds  of  the  sales  of  enemy  property,  rights,  or  interests  wherever  situated  carried  out  either 
by  virtue  of  war  legislation  or  by  the  application  of  the  provisions  of  Article  297,  and  in  general  all  cash  assets 
enemies  shall  be  dealt  with  as  follows: 


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40  lUTA  OK  GERMAN  PEACE  TBEATY. 

IVo  plans  arc  provided — one  for  those  not  adopting  the  provisions  of  Section  III  and  the  Annex  therett> 
(Part  X)  and  the  other  that  provided  for  by  said  section.     (Art.  297  (h-1,  2)  p.  371 ;  p.  135.) 

A.  Plan  to  be  followed  by  those  not  adopting  Section  III  of  Part  X: 

(1)  Property  of  the  nationals  of  Allied  or  Associated  Governments  held  by  Germany. 

The  proceeds  of  property,  rights,  and  interests  and  the  cash  assets  of  the  nationals  of  Allied  or  Associated 
Powei-s  held  by  Germany  shall  be  paid  immediately  to  the  person  entitled  thereto  or  to  his  Government.  (  Art.  297 
(h-2),  p.  371;  p.  135.) 

(2)  Property  of  German  nationals  held  by  Allied  or  Associated  Powei-s. 

The  proceeds  of  property,  rights,  and  interests  and  the  cash  assets  of  German  nationals  received  by  an 
Allied  or  Associated  Power  shall  be  subject  to  disposal  by  such  power  in  accordance  with  its  laws  and  regulations 
anil  mav  be  applied  in  payment  of  claims  and  debts  defined  by  this  article  or  paragraph  4  of  the  Annex  hereto. 
(Art.  297  (h-2),  p.  Z7l;  p.  135.) 

The  pi'ovisions  of  paragraph  4  referred  to  are  as  follows : 

All  property,  rights,  and  interests  of  German  nationals  within  the  territory  of  any  Allied  or  Aesociated  Power  and  the  net  proceeds 
of  their  sale,  liquidation  or  other  dealing  therewith  may  be  charged  by  that  Allied  or  Associated  Power  in  the  first  place  with  payment  of 
amounts  due  in  respect  of  claims  by  the  nationals  of  that  Allied  or  Associated  Power  with  regard  to  their  property,  rights,  and  interests, 
including  companies  and  associations  in  which  they  are  interested  in  German  territory,  or  debts  owing  to  them  by  German  nationals, 
and  \vith  payment  of  claims  growing  out  of  acts  committed  by  the  German  Government  or  by  any  German  authorities  since  July  31,  1914, 
and  before  that  Allied  or  .Associated  Power  entered  into  the  war.  The  amount  of  such  claims  may  be  assessed  by  an  arbitrator  appointed 
by  Mr.  Gustave  Ador,  if  he  is  willing,  orif  no  such  appointment  is  made  by  him,  by  an  arbitrator  appointed  by  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal 
provided  for  in  Section  VI .  They  may  be  charged  tn  the  second  place  with  payment  of  the  amounts  due  in  respect  of  claims  by  the  nationals 
of  such  Allied  or  Associated  Power  with  regard  to  their  property,  rights,  and  intereste  in  the  territory  of  other  enemy  powers,  in  so  far  as 
those  claims  are  otherwise  unsatisfied.     (Art.  298,  Annex,  par.  4,  p.  379;  p.  138. 

Al^J  property,  rights,  and  interests  or  proceeds  thereof  or  cash  assets  not  used  as  above  provided  may 
])e  retained  by  the  said  Allied  or  Associated  Power,  and  if  retained  the  cash  value  thereof  shall  be  dealt  with 
as  provided  in  Article  243  (p.  257 ;  p.  94) — that  is  to  say,  it  will  be  credited  to  Germany  in  respect  of  her  repa- 
ration obligations.     (Art.  297  (h-2),  p.  371;  p.  135;  and  see  Arts.  242,  243,  p.  257;  p.  94.) 

Iji<luidation  effected  in  new  States  signatories  of  the  present  Treaty  or  in  States  wliich  are  not  entitled  to 
share  iti  the  reparation  payments  to  be  made  by  Germany.  The  proceeds  of  liquidations  effected  by  such 
States  shall,  subject  to  the  rights  of  the  Reparation  Commission  under  the  ))resent  Treaty,  particularly  under 
Articles  235  (p.  253;  p.  93)  and  260  (p.  317;  p.  116),  be  paid  direct  to  the  owner.  If  the  owner  be  not  satisfied 
and  apply  to  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal,  such  tribunal  shall  itself  or  by  an  arbitrator  examine  the  case  and 
if  satisfied  that  the  conditions  of  the  sale  or  measures  taken  by  the  Government  of  the  State  in  question  outside 
its  general  legislation  were  unfairly  prejudicial  to  the  price  obtained  shaD  have  discretion  to  award  to  the  owner 
equitable  compensation  to  be  paid  by  that  State.     (Art.  297  (h-2),  p.  373;  p.  136.) 

B.  Powers  adopting  Section  III  (p.  347;  p.  127)  and  the  Annex  thereto  proceed  as  follows: 

It  is  in  the  first  place  to  be  observed  that  this  section  is  entitled  "Debts"  and  apparently  relates,  primarily 
at  least,  oidy  to  the  settlement  and  adjustment  of  debts  between  German  nationals  and  the  nationals  of  Allied 
and  Associated  Powers.  It  does  not  appear  clear  in  what  manner  property,  rights,  and  interests  other  than 
debts,  which  are  covered  by  Section  IV,  which  follows  (p.  367;  p.  134),  a-re  to  be  adjusted  under  Section  III, 
although  the  plan  for  adjustment  under  Section  IV  is  reasonably  clear,  and  it  seems  in  contemplation  (Art. 
296,  p.  349;  p.  127)  that  such  property,  rights,  and  interests  mentioned  in  Section  IV  shall  be  accoimted  for 
under  this  procedure.  Moreover,  the  class  of  debts  which  may  be  adjusted  under  this  section  are  confined  to 
the  following  (Art.  296,  p.  347;  p.  127): 

1.  Debts  payable  before  the  war  and  running  from  a  national  of  one  of  the  Contracting  Powers  residing 
witliin  its  territory  and  due  to  a  national  of  an  Opposing  Power  residing  within  its  territory; 

2.  Debts  which  became  payable  during  the  war  to  nationals  of  one  of  the  Contractmg  Powers  residing 
within  its  territory  and  arose  out  of  transactions  or  contracts  with  the  nationals  of  an  Opposing  Power,  resident 
within  its  territory,  of  which  the  total  or  partial  execution  was  suspended  on  account  of  the  declaration  of  war; 

3.  Interest  wnich  has  accrued  due  before  and  during  the  war  to  a  national  of  one  of  the  Contracting  Powers 
in  respect  of  securities  issued  by  an  Opposing  Power,  provided  that  the  payment  of  interest  on  such  securities 
to  the  nationals  of  that  Power  or  to  neutrals  has  not  been  suspended  dm'hig  the  war; 

4.  Capital  simis  which  have  become  payable  before  and  during  the  war  to  nationals  of  one  of  the  Con- 
tracting Powers  in  respect  of  seciu-ities  issued  by  one  of  the  Opposing  Powers,  provided  that  the  payments  of 
such  capital  sums  to  nationiils  of  that  Power  or  to  neutrals  has  Jiot  been  suspended  during  the  war. 

The  settlement  of  these  debts  is  accomplished  under  the  following  principles  and  plan: 

A.  Each  Government  guarantees  the  payment  of  all  such  debts  of  its  nationals  except  where  the  debtor  was 
in  a  state  of  bankruptcy  before  the  war  or  had  given  formal  indication  of  insolvency  or  where  the  debt  was  due  by 
a  comj^any  whose  business  had  been  liquidated  under  emergency  legislation  during  the  war.  This  does  not 
apply  to  territory  invaded  of  occupied  by  the  enemy  before  the  armistice.  (Art.  296  (b),  p.  349;  p.  127.)  This 
guaranty  is  effective  whenever  for  any  reason  a  debt  is  not  recoverable  because  of  the  reasons  above  mentioned 
or  where  the  debt  has  been  barred  by  the  statute  of  limitations  in  force  in  the  debtor's  country.  (Id.,  Annex, 
par.  4,  p.  355;  p.  129.) 

Within  six  months  of  the  establishment  of  the  Clearing  Office,  creditors  must  give  notice  of  debts  due  them, 
and  shall  furnish  the  office  with  any  document  and  information  required  of  them.  (Art.  296,  Annex,  par.  5, 
p.  355;  7^.  ;^,9.) 

A  clebtor  Clearing  House  must  credit  a  Creditor  Clearing  House  with  every  debt  admitted  by  the  debtor  even 
though  it  be  unable  to  collect  it.  The  Government  concerned  will,  nevertheless,  inyast  their  respective  Clearing 
Offices  with  all  necessary  powers  for  the  recovery  of  debts  which  have  been  admitted.  (Id.,  par.  14,  p.  359; 
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DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY.  41 

B.  Each  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  shall  prohibit,  as  from  the  coming  nito  force  of  the  present  Treaty, 
both  the  payment  and  the  acceptance  of  payment  of  such  debts  and  also  of  communications  between  the  inter- 
ested parties  with  regard  to  the  adjustment  of  said  debts  otherwise  than  through  the  (^tearing  Offices  to  bo 
establLshed.  (Art.  296  (a),  p.  349;  p.  127.)  Violations  of  this  proliibition  shall  be  punished  with  the  same 
penalties  which  are  provided  by  legislation  for  trading  with  the  enemy  (id.,  Annex,  par.  3,  p.  353;  p.  129),  &nA 
the  parties  to  the  Treaty  agree  to  taKe  all  suitable  measures  to  trace  and  punish  collusion  between  enemy  creditors 
and  debtors  and  to  communicate  one  with  another  any  evidence  and  information  which  might  help  the  discovery 
and  punishment  of  such  collTision.  (Id.,  Annex,  par.  5,  p.  355;  p.  129.)  Moreover,  each  country  must  prohibit 
witlim  its  territory  all  legal  processes  relating  to  the  payment  of  enemy  debts  except  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Treaty.     (Id.,  par.  3,  p.  353;  p.  7f P.) 

C.  Each  country  shall  establish  a  Clearing  Office  for  the  collection  and  payment  of  debts  due  to  its  nationals 
and  for  the  collection  for  payment  of  debts  due  from  its  nationals  to  nationals  of  the  opjjosing  party.  (Art. 
296,  Annex,  par.  1 ,  p.  353 ;  p.  128.)  It  moreover  appears  that  by  agreement  between  the  Allied  and  Associated 
Powers,  these  Clearing  Offices  may  similarly  act  with  reference  to  the  nationals  of  one  resident  in  the  other; 
that  is  an  American  Clearing  Office  could  act  in  the  settlement  of  a  debt  running  from  a  German  to  a  Frenchman 
resident  in  the  United  States.     (Art.  296  (f),  p.  353;  p.  128.) 

In  appointing  the  personnel  of  a  Clearing  Office  or  of  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal  due  regard  shall  be  paid  to 
the  knowledge  possessed  by  the  personnel  of  the  language  of  the  other  country  concerned.  (Id.,  Annex,  par. 
21,  p.  363;  p.  132.) 

D.  Each  Clearing  Office  is  both  a  debtor  Clearing  Office  and  a  Creditor  Clearing  Office.  As  a  creditor 
Clearing  Office  it  notifies  the  Clearing  Office  of  the  other  coimtry  (which  for  this  purpose  is  a  debtor  Clearing 
Office)  of  all  the  debts  which  have  been  declared  against  the  other  Clearing  Office.  (Id.,  Annex,  par.  5,  p.  355; 
p.  129.)  As  a  debtor  Clearing  Office  it  informs  the  Clearing  Office  of  the  other  country  (which  for  that  purpose 
IS  a  Creditor  Clearing  Office)  of  all  debts  which  have  been  admitted  and  of  debts  which  are  contested,  in  the 
latter  case  giving  the  grounds  for  the  nonadmission  of  the  debts.     (Id.) 

Or,  differently  stated,  the  American  Clearing  Office  notifies  the  German  Clearing  Office  of  all  debts  claimed 
by  American  citizens  agamst  Germans  and  of  all  claims  admitted  by  American  citizens  in  favor  of  Germans; 
and  the  German  Clearing  Office  notifies  the  American  Clearmg  Office  of  all  debts  admitted  by  Germans  in 
favor  of  Americans  and  of  all  claims  made  by  Germans  agamst  Americans. 

If  any  person  makes  a  claim  which  ui  whole  or  ui  pait  is  not  adjnitted,  he  must  pay  by  way  of  fine,  interest 
at  5  per  cent  on  the  part  not  admitted.  If  any  person  denies  liability  of  the  whole  or  part  of  a  debt  claimed 
he  shall  pay  by  way  of  fine  interest  at  5  per  cent  on  the  amount  with  regard  to  which  his  refusal  is  disallowed. 
(Id  par.  10,  p.  357;  p.  130.)  The  amount  recovered  from  these  fmes  applies  on  the  expenses  of  the  Clearing 
Offi'^.     (Id.) 

Where  any  debt  is  not  admitted  ui  whole  or  in  part,  the  two  Clearuig  Offices  (debtor  and  creditor)  examine 
the  matter  jointly  and  endeavor  to  bring  the  parties  to  an  agreement.  (Id.,  par.  8,  p.  357;  p.  130.)  Seemingly, 
if  creditor  and  debtor  are  unable  to  reach  an  agreement,  the  two  Clearing  Offices  may  undertake  to  reach  an 
agreement.     (Id.,  par.  16,  p.  361;  p.  131.) 

If  the  Clearing  Offices  do  not  reach  an  agreement,  the  dispute  shall  be  either  referred  to  arbitration  on 
terms  agreed  to  by  the  parties  or  referred  to  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal  provided  for  in  the  Treaty.  However,  if 
the  creditor  Clearmg  Office  so  requests,  the  dispute  shall  be  submitted  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  courts  of  the 
place  of  domicile  of  the  debtor  (that  is,  an  American  claim  would  go  to  the  German  courts).  (Id.,  par.  16, 
p.  361 ;  p.  /3i .)  Sums  found  due  by  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal  or  by  the  court  or  the  tribimal  agreed  to  by  the 
parties  shall  be  recovered  through  the  Clearing  Office,  as  if  the  sums  were  debts  admitted  by  the  debtor  Clear- 
mg Office.  (Id.,  par.  17,  p.  361;  p.  132.)  In  case  an  appeal  is  taken  to  the  Mixed  Tribunal  from  a  decision 
of  the  Clearing  Office,  the  appellant  shall  make  a  deposit  against  the  costs.  A  fee  of  5  per  cent  of  the  amount 
in  dispute  shall  be  chatted  in  respect  of  all  cases  brought  before  the  Mixed  Tribunal  and  shall  unless  the  tribunal 
directs  othei-wise  be  borne  by  the  unsuccessful  party.  "Such  fee  shall  be  added  to  the  deposit  referred  to." 
(Id.,  par.  20,  p.  363;  p.  132.) 

\i  the  Clearing  Offices  or  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal  hold  that  the  claim  does  not  fall  within  Article  296 
(p.  347;  p.  127),  the  creditor  may  prosecute  the  claim  before  the  courts  or  otherwise  as  he  may  wish.  (Id., 
par.  23,  p.  365;  p.  133.) 

Persons  who  have  suffered  injuries  from  acts  of  war  and  who  admit  owing  debts  shall  not  have  their  debts 
charged  against  them  until  the  compensation  due  to  such  persons  concerned  in  respect  of  such  injuries  has 
been  paid.    (Id.,  par.  14,  p.  359;  p.  131.) 

Unless  an  agreement  otherwise  is  reached  by  the  Governments  concerned,  debts  shall  carry  interest  in 
accordance  with  rules  set  out  in  the  Treaty.     (Id.,  par.  22,  p.  363;  p.  133.) 

Balances  between  the  Clearing  Offices  shall  be  struck  montldy  and  the  credit  balance  paid  in  cash  by  the 
debtor  State  within  a  week.     (Id.,  par.  11,  p.  359;  p.  131.) 

Statutes  of  limitation  are  suspended  from  the  tune  of  the  presentation  of  the  claim  to  the  Clearing  Office. 
(Id.,  par.  23,  p.  365;  p.  133.) 

Each  Government  defrays  the  expenses  of  the  Clearmg  Office  set  up  in  its  territory,  including  the  salaries 
of  the  staff.  (Id.,  par.  15,  p.  361;  p.  131.)  Fines  that  may  be  levied  (as  above  provided)  are  credited  by  the 
Clearing  Office  collectmg  them,  which  is  responsible  therefor  to  the  other  Clearing  Office  "which  shall  retain 
them  as  a  contribution  towards  the  costs  of  carrying  out  the  present  provisions."  (Id.,  par.  10,  p.  357;  p.  130.) 
The  expenses  for  postal  and  telegraphic  communication  through  the  mtervention  of  the  Clearing  Offices  by  the 
debtors  and  creditors  desirous  of  coming  to  agreement  as  to  the  amount  of  their  debts  shall  be  borne  by  the 
parties  concerned.     (Id.,  par.  5,  p.  355;  p.  129.) 


42  DATA  ON  GEBMAN  PEACE  TKEATY. 

Debts  shall  be  paid  or  credited  in  the  currency  of  such  one  of  tlie  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  their  colonies 
or  protectorates,  of  the  British  Dominions,  of  India,  as  may  be  concerned.  If  the  debts  are  payable  in  some 
other  currency,  they  shall  be  paid  or  credited  in  the  cuii-ency  of  the  country  concerned,  whether  Allied  or  Asso- 
ciated Power,  colony,  protectorate,  British  Dominion,  or  India,  at  the  prewar  rate  of  exchange,  which  the  treaty 
tlelines.  If  a  contract  provides  for  a  fixed  rate  of  exchange  in  the  transaction,  then  the  above  provisions  concern- 
ing the  rate  of  exchange  shall  not  apply.     (Art.  296  (dj,  p.  351;  p.  128.) 

The  forewing  provisions  may,  however  (as  to  matters  provicfed  for  in  Art.  297),  be  rendered  inapplicable 
by  notice  to  that  effect  to  Germany  on  the  part  of  the  Allied  or  Associated  Power  concerned  within  six  months 
01  the  coming  into  force  of  the  present  treaty.     (Art.  296  (e),  p.  351;  f.  128.) 

The  creditor  Clearing  Office  pays  to  the  individual  creditor  the  sums  due  him  out  of  the  funds  placed  at  its 
disposal  by  its  own  Government.    "(Art.  296,  Annex,  par.  9,  p.  357;  p.  IBO.) 

MEMORANDUM  NO.  6. 
MIXEB    ABBITBAIi   TRIBUNAL. 

[Art.  304,  and  Annex,  pp.  409-415:  pp.  149-iai.] 

Within  three  months  of  the  coming  into  force  of  this  Treaty,  the  Mixed  Arbitral  Tribunal  shall  be  established 
by  each  of  the  iVllied  and  Associated  rowers  on  the  one  hand  and  Germany  on  the  other.  Each  tribunal  is  to 
consist  of  three  members,  one  appointed  by  Germany,  one  appointed  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  con- 
cerned, and  the  third,  who  is  to  be  the  president  of  the  tribunal,  shall  be  chosen  by  agreement  of  the  two  Govern- 
ments, or  that  failing,  by  the  Council  of  the  League  of  Nations,  and  until  that  is  set  up,  by  M.  Gustave  Ador. 
The  Council  of  the  League  and  Mr.  Ador  shaU  name  two  other  persons  who  may  take  the  place  of  the  president  in 
case  of  need,  and  all  three  persons  named  by  either  of  them  must  be  nationals  of  powers  who  were  neutral  during 
the  war. 

Where  the  number  of  cases  before  a  tribunal  justifies  it,  the  personnel  may  be  increased,  and  the  tribunal 
may  then  sit  in  divisions. 

In  case  vacancies  in  personnel  are  not  filled  by  the  Governments  concerned  within  one  month,  the  membere 
shall  be  chosen  by  the  other  Government  from  the  two  persons  named  as  alternates  for  the  presidency. 

Decisions  shall  be  reached  by  a  majority  vote  and  snail  be  final. 

The  jurisdiction  of  the  tribunal  shall  relate  to  cases  coming  up  to  it  from  the  Clearing  Offices  (provided  for 
in  Part  X,  Section  III) ;  cases  in  reference  to  compensation  for  damage  done  to  nationals  of  the  Allied  or  Asso- 
ciated Powers  in  Germany  and  also  the  adjustment  of  claims  of  nationals  of  new  States  and  of  States  not  entitled 
to  share  in  the  reparation  payments  made  by  Germany,  and  to  cases  arising  under  Sections  V  and  III  of  Part  X, 
none  of  which  latter  concern  the  United  States  because  of  reservations  made  in  the  Treaty. 

Each  tribunal  determines  its  own  procedure,  except  as  provided  in  the  Annex  to  Article  304,  which  estab- 
lishes the  tribunal. 

Each  Government  pays  the  expenses  of  its  own  representative  upon  the  tribunal  and  a  proportionate  part 
of  the  joint  expenses,  including  the  compensation,  etc.,  of  the  president. 

The  national  courts  of  each  of  the  parties  are  required  to  render  all  assistance  in  their  power,  particularly 
as  regards  transmitting  notices  and  collecting  evidence. 

There  are  no  rules  of  law  laid  down  by  which  the  tribunals  are  to  be  guided,  and  the  procedure  is  practicallv 
unprovided  for  on  all  matters  pertaining  thereto,  except  that  it  is  stipulated  that  "The  tribunal  shall  decide  all 
questions  and  mattei-s  submitted  upon  such  evidence  and  information  as  may  be  furnished  by  the  parties  con- 
cerned." 

The  language  in  which  the  proceedings  shall  be  conducted  shall  unless  otherwise  agreed,  be  English,  French, 
Italian,  or  Japanese,  as  may  be  determined  by  the  Allied  or  Assocjiated  Power  concerned. 

MEMORANDUM  NO,  7. 
ADDITIONAL  CONVENTIONS  OB  AGREEMENTS  TO  BE  MADE. 

1.  A  further  agreement  to  be  made  between  France  and  Germany,  dealing  with  the  interests  of  the 
inhabitants  of  territories  ceded  to  Germany  in  1871.     (Art.  53,  p.  93;  p.  36.) 

2.  A  special  convention  to  determine  the  conditions  for  repayment,  in  marks,  of  the  exceptional  war 
expenditures  advanced  during  the  course  of  the  war  by  Alsace-Lorraine,  or  by  public  bodies  in  Alsace-Lor- 
rame.     (Art.  58,  p.  97;  f.  36.) 

3.  A  special  convention  between  France  and  Germany  which  shall  be  submitted  to  the  approval  of  the 
Central  Rhine  Commission  to  fix  the  details  particularly  as  regards  financing  of  the  administration  of  the  port 
of  Strasbourg  and  the  port  of  Kehl.     (Art.  65,  p.  \Ql;p.  38.) 

4.  An  agreement  establishing  frontier  railway  stations,  it  being  stipulated  in  advance  that  on  the  Rhine 
frontier  they  shall  be  situated  on  the  right  bank.     (Art.  67,  p.  103;  p.  39.) 

5.  A  special  convention  to  determine  the  conditions  and  proceoure  of  transferring  of  fluids  covering  social 
insurance  from  the  German  Government  to  the  French  Government.     (Art.  77,  p.  Ill;  f.  42.) 

6.  A  special  convention  between  France  and  Germany,  settling  all  questions  not  covered  by  the  Treaty, 
as  to  competence,  procedure,  or  administration  of  justice.     (Art.  78,  p.  113;  p.  42.) 


DATA  ON  GERMAN  PEACE  TREATY.  43 

''  7.  Further  convention  between  France  and  Germany  covering  all  questions  concerning  Alsace-Lorraine, 
which  are  not  regulated  by  Section  V,  and  the  Annex  thereto  of  Part  III,  or  by  the  general  provisions  of  the 
Treaty.     (Art.  79,  p.  113;>.  i<?.) 

8.  Subsequent  agreements  to  decide  ciuestions  not  decided  by  the  present  Treaty  which  may  arise  in  con- 
seciuence  of  the  cession  of  German  territory  to  the  Czecho-Slovak  State.     (Art.  86,  p.  123;  p.  4^.) 

9.  A  treaty  between  the  Czecho-Slovak  State  and  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  containing 
the  provisions  deemed  necessary  by  the  Powers  to  protect  the  mhabitants  of  the  Czecho-Slovak  State  who 
differ  from  the  majority  of  the  population  in  race,  language,  or  rehgion.     (Art.  86,  p.  123;  p.  46.) 

10.  A  treaty  between  the  Czecho-Slovak  State  and  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associatetl  Powers,  containing 
such  provisions  as  the  Powers  deem  necessary  to  protect  freedom  of  transit  and  equitable  treatment  of  the 
commerce  of  other  nations.     (Art.  86,  p.  123;  p.  4^.) 

11.  A  treaty  between  Poland  and  the  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  containing  provisions  deemed 
necessary  by  the  Powers  to  protect  the  interests  of  the  inhabitants  of  Poland  who  differ  from  the  majority 
of  the  population  in  race,  language,  or  religion.     (Art.  93,  p.  139;  f.  52.) 

12.  A  treaty  between  Poland  and  the  Princi])al  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  contaming  the  provisions 
deemed  necessarv  by  the  Powers  to  protect  freedom  of  transit  and  equitable  treatment  of  the  commerce  of  other 
nations.     (Art.  93,  p.  139;  p.  52.) 

13.  Convention  between  Germaiiy  and  Poland  (differences  to  be  settled  by  the  Council  of  the  League  of 
Nations)  securing  to  Germany  and  to  Poland,  respectively,  full  and  adequate  railroad,  telegraphic,  and  telephonic 
facilities  over  one  another's  territories.     (Art.  98,  p.  147;  f.  55.) 

14.  An  agreement  between  the  Principal  Allied  arnd  Associated  Powers  of  the  one  part,  the  Polish  Govern- 
ment of  another  part,  and  the  Free  City  of  Danzig  of  a  third  part,  relating  to  customs,  use  of  waterways,  docks, 
basins,  wharves,  etc.,  railwaj-  admmistration,  postal,  telegraphic,  and  telephonic  communications;  to  provide 
against  discrimination  within  the  Free  City  of  Danzig  to  the  detriment  of  citizens  of  Poland,  and  other  persons 
of  Polish  origin  or  speech;  to  provide  that  the  foreign  affairs  of  the  Free  Citv  of  Danzig  shall  be  taken  care  of 
by  the  Polish  Government.     (Art.  104,  p.  153;  p.  57.) 

15.  Further  agreements  to  settle  all  other  questions  which  may  arise  from  the  cession  of  territory  made  by 
Germany  to  the  Principal  Allies  and  Associated  Powers,  in  establishing  the  Free  City  of  Danzig.  (Art.  108,  p. 
155;  p.  .55.) 

16.  International  agreements  between  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  and  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxem- 
bourg, fixing  their  relations.     (Art.  40,  p.  61;  p.  23.) 

17.  Special  agreements  regarding  tiie  interest  on  debts  (these  not  necessarily  entered  into).  (Art.  296, 
Annex,  par.  22,  p.  363;  p.  133.) 

18.  Special  conventions  between  the  Gorman  Government  and  the  Governments  concerned  covering 
social  and  State  insurance  in  ceded  territory.     (Art.  312,  p.  427;  p.  156.) 

19.  General  convention  drawn  up  by  "the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers,  and  approved  bj-  the  League  of 
Nations,  relating  to  waterw'ays  recognized  in  such  convention  as  having  international  character.  (Art.  338,  p. 
449;  p.  163.)  ' 

20.  Regime  for  the  Danube,  formulated  by  a  conference  of  the  Powers.     (A^349,  p.  457:  p.  166.) 

21.  Revision  of  the  convention  of  Mannheim.     (Art.  354,  p.  459;  p.  166.) 

22.  A  new  convention  to  replace  the  Berne  convention  of  1890,  covering  the  transportation  of  passengers, 
luggage,  and  goods  by  rail.      {Ait.  366,  p.  473;  p.  171.) 

23.  General  conventions  regarding  the  international  regime  of  transit,  waterways,  ports,  or  railways, 
which  may  be  concluded  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  with  the  approval  of  the  League  of  Nations.  (Art 
379,  p.  483;p.  i75.) 

24.  Subsequent  agreements  covering  all  matters,  not  covered  by  the  present  Treaty,  relatmg  to  the  occupa- 
tion of  German  territory  by  troops  of  the  Allied  and  Associated  Governments.     (Art.  432,  p.  521;  p.  189.) 

(And  see  Table,  Section  VIII,  Germany  consents  beforehand  to  any  other  treaties  which  the  Allied  or  Asso- 
ciated Powers  may  make.) 

MEMORANDUM  NO.  8. 
CONVENTION  OR  AGREEMENTS  MADE  BUT  NOT  SUBMITTED. 

1.  The  agreement  for  the  division  by  the  Allied  and  Associated  Governments,  in  determined  proportions, 
of  the  sums  paid  by  Germany  in  satisfaction  of  claims.     (Art.  237,  p.  253;  p.  93.) 

2.  Convention  relative  to  aerial  navigation  concluded  between  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers.  (Art. 
319,  p.  433;  p.  157.) 

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